Repositioning Victorian Sciences: Shifting Centres in Nineteenth-century Scientific ThinkingDavid Clifford An intriguing look at the marginal sciences of the nineteenth century and their influence on the culture of the period. |
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... position that was culturally central but scientifically marginal , and Lucy Hartley explores the tension between these positions and the way that phrenology served as a significant site of emerging definitions of scientific activity ...
... position that was culturally central but scientifically marginal , and Lucy Hartley explores the tension between these positions and the way that phrenology served as a significant site of emerging definitions of scientific activity ...
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... position , removed from the strictures of one professional discipline , therefore enabled Ruskin not only to cultivate a provocative ambiguity useful as a pedagogical tool but also to express the interconnections and layers essential to ...
... position , removed from the strictures of one professional discipline , therefore enabled Ruskin not only to cultivate a provocative ambiguity useful as a pedagogical tool but also to express the interconnections and layers essential to ...
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... position psychoanalysis , with its insights into the human mind , as essential if science is to achieve completion . ( 22.159 ) In confirming the position of science , Freud quickly dismissed the ' three powers which may dispute [ its ] ...
... position psychoanalysis , with its insights into the human mind , as essential if science is to achieve completion . ( 22.159 ) In confirming the position of science , Freud quickly dismissed the ' three powers which may dispute [ its ] ...
Contents
Ruskins Geology After 1860 | 17 |
Sea Serpents | 31 |
Scientist and Sorceress | 59 |
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