Article ID: CBB001230065

Darwin, Schleiden, Whewell, and the “London Doctors”: Evolutionism and Microscopical Research in the Nineteenth Century (2010)

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Charpa, Ulrich (Author)


Journal for General Philosophy of Science
Volume: 41
Pages: 61--84


Publication Date: 2010
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: “Darwinism, Philosophy, and Experimental Biology”
Language: English

This paper discusses some philosophical and historical connections between, and within, nineteenth century evolutionism and microscopical research. The principal actors are mainly Darwin, Schleiden, Whewell and the London Doctors, Arthur Henfrey and Edwin Lankester. I demonstrate that the apparent alliances---particularly Darwin/Schleiden (through evolutionism) and Schleiden/Whewell (through Kantian philosophy of science)---obscure the deep methodological differences between evolutionist and microscopical biology that lingered on until the mid-twentieth century. Through an understanding of the little known significance of Schleiden's programme of microscopical research and by comparing certain features of his methodology to the activities of the London Doctors, we can identify the origin of this state of affairs. In addition, the outcome provides an insight into a critique of Buchdahl's view on Schleiden's philosophical conception.

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Authors & Contributors
Faflak, Joel
Geoffrey West
van Wyhe, John
Travis, Anthony S.
Timmins, John
Theunissen, Bert
Concepts
Evolution
Biology
Natural selection
Biographies
Science and politics
Science and literature
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
Europe
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