A survey of the wisdom of God in the creation; or, A compendium of natural philosophy ...

Bonnet, Charles; Dutens, L.; Wesley, John

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“… 2. The rise of comparative anatomy is surely a more likely candidate for the instrument of the demise of the Great Chain of Being than W. F. Bynum’s theory that the 18th-century Methodism of John Wesley was the responsible agent (Bynum, 1975: 8–11). The Great Chain was integral to John Wesley’s theological beliefs (see Wesley, 1777 and 1975[1782]). …”

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Do brains think? Comparative anatomy and the end of the Great Chain of Being in 19th-century Britain

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2012

History of the Human Sciences

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The nature of the relationship between mind and body is one of the greatest remaining mysteries. As such, the historical origin of the current dominant belief that mind is a function of the brain takes on especial significance. In this article I aim to explore and explain how and why this belief emerged in early 19th-century Britain. Between 1815 and 1819 two brain-based physiologies of mind were the subject of controversy and debate in Britain: the system of phrenology devised by Franz Joseph Gall, and William Lawrence’s lectures at the Royal College of Surgeons. Both owed a profound intellectual debt to continental comparative anatomy. In the final quarter of the 18th-century, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Petrus Camper and Johann Gottfried von Herder had broken away from the traditional doctrine of the Great Chain of Being by allowing for a clear anatomical distinction between ‘man’ and beast based on the morphology of the skull. This reconceptualization of man as an anatomically distinct being gave Gall and Lawrence grounds to propose that the peculiarities of the human mind were dependent on mankind’s unique cerebral size and structure.

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Do brains think? Comparative anatomy and the end of the Great Chain of Being in 19th-century Britain

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“…61 Hutchinsonians argued that with the system they promoted they had reformed religion. Although one does not see the radical militancy of Hutchinson in his followers, there still was a sense of an absolutist attitude towards those who questioned the system.…”

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John Wesley's critical engagement with Hutchinsonianism 1730–1780

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2011

History of European Ideas

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“…For example, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, works in science popularisation were used as a vehicle to promote the virtues of learning and religious observance (e.g. Adams, 1789;Arbuthnot, 1701;Hack, 1832;Martin, 1737Martin, , 1749Miller, 1857;Wesley, 1763). While the view that science draws people closer to God persisted till much later, in the nineteenth century, alternative arguments about the secular virtues that would accompany the attainment of scientific literacy were also gaining prominence (e.g.…”

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Science popularisation as diffusion of knowledge?

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2024

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This article offers an in-depth analysis of the diffusion model of science popularisation. It reviews criticisms against the model and shows that they do not warrant its rejection. It argues that the diffusion model has elements, hitherto neglected, which can facilitate a better understanding of popularisation. Viewing popularisation as the diffusion of knowledge is beneficial because it enables us to: (1) pinpoint the origins of popularisation and trace its historical continuity; (2) explain why science requires continuous popularisation; (3) understand why the values that popularisers promote are not arbitrary; and (4) define more precisely the role of popularisers.

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A survey of the wisdom of God in the creation; or, A compendium of natural philosophy ...

Cited by 4 publications

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Do brains think? Comparative anatomy and the end of the Great Chain of Being in 19th-century Britain

Do brains think? Comparative anatomy and the end of the Great Chain of Being in 19th-century Britain

John Wesley's critical engagement with Hutchinsonianism 1730–1780

Science popularisation as diffusion of knowledge?

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