| Autor: |
Bourdeau, Michel |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (IHPST), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Département d'Etudes Cognitives - ENS Paris (DEC), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2010 |
| Předmět: |
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| Popis: |
Comte praised Lamarck highly as a biologist and attributed to him two main contributions: his seminal contribution to environmental theory and the way he conceived animal hierarchy. Given that the first point is now well documented, we are only dealing with the second one, which is less favorable to Comte, as biologists disagree today with Lamarck on this subject. We explain first how Comte uses biology in his sociology: the Lamarckian animal series is the first scientific example of progress and social progress is only an extension of it. We then present the Lamarck-Cuvier controversy about classification and show how Lamarck's insistence on the role of external circumstances was a way out of the difficulties he encountered in the construction of the animal series. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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