Gall Spurzheim And The Phrenological Movement

Author : Paul Eling
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000388387
Total Pages : 316 pages
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Download or read book Gall, Spurzheim, and the Phrenological Movement written by Paul Eling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1790s in Vienna, German physician Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) came forth with a new doctrine dealing with mind, brain and behavior—one that could account for individual differences. He maintained that there are many independent faculties of mind, each associated with a separate part of the brain. He fine-tuned his ideas and published two sets of books presenting them after he and his assistant, Johann Gaspar Spurzheim, settled in Paris in 1807. Gall's ideas had many supporters but were controversial and unsettling to others. In particular, the opposition ridiculed his belief that skull features reflect the growth of specific, underlying cortical organs, and hence correlate with personality traits (i.e., his ‘bumpology’). Gall’s fundamental ideas about the mind and organization of the brain were debated across the globe, and they also began to be exploited by unscrupulous businessmen, ‘professors’ who ‘read skulls’ for a living. But, as some historians have shown, his ideas about mind, brain and behavior led to the modern neurosciences. The chapters collected in this volume provide new insights into Gall’s thinking and what Spurzheim did, and the faddish movement called ‘phrenology’, which originated as a science of humankind but became a popular source of entertainment. All chapters were originally published in various issues of the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences.

Author : Paul Eling
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000388425
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gall, Spurzheim, and the Phrenological Movement written by Paul Eling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1790s in Vienna, German physician Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) came forth with a new doctrine dealing with mind, brain and behavior—one that could account for individual differences. He maintained that there are many independent faculties of mind, each associated with a separate part of the brain. He fine-tuned his ideas and published two sets of books presenting them after he and his assistant, Johann Gaspar Spurzheim, settled in Paris in 1807. Gall's ideas had many supporters but were controversial and unsettling to others. In particular, the opposition ridiculed his belief that skull features reflect the growth of specific, underlying cortical organs, and hence correlate with personality traits (i.e., his ‘bumpology’). Gall’s fundamental ideas about the mind and organization of the brain were debated across the globe, and they also began to be exploited by unscrupulous businessmen, ‘professors’ who ‘read skulls’ for a living. But, as some historians have shown, his ideas about mind, brain and behavior led to the modern neurosciences. The chapters collected in this volume provide new insights into Gall’s thinking and what Spurzheim did, and the faddish movement called ‘phrenology’, which originated as a science of humankind but became a popular source of entertainment. All chapters were originally published in various issues of the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences.

Author : Stanley Finger
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190464623
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Franz Joseph Gall written by Stanley Finger and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) was always a controversial figure, as was his doctrine, later called phrenology. Although often portrayed as a discredited buffoon, who believed he could assess a person's strengths and weaknesses by measuring cranial bumps, he was, in fact, a serious physician-scientist, who strove to answer timely questions about the mind, brain, and behavior. In many ways a remarkable visionary, his seminal ideas would become tenets of modern behavioral neuroscience. Among other things, he was the first scientist to promote publicly the idea of specialized cortical areas for diverse higher functions, while taking metaphysics out of his new science of mind. Moreover, although he obviously placed too much emphasis on "tell-tale" skull features (mistakenly believing that the cranium faithfully reflects the features of underlying brain areas), he fully understood the strength of "convergent operations," conducting neuroanatomical, developmental, cross-species, gender-comparison, and brain-damage studies on both humans and animals in his attempts to unravel the mysteries of brain organization. Rather than looking upon Gall's "organology" as one of science's great mistakes, this book provides a fresh look at the man and his doctrine. The authors delve into his motives, what was known about the brain during the 1790s, and the cultural demands of his time. Gall is rightfully presented as an early-19th-century biologist, anthropologist, philosopher, and physician with an inquisitive mind and a challenging agenda--namely, how to account for species and individual differences in behavior. In this well-researched book, readers learn why, starting as a young physician in Vienna and continuing his life's work in Paris, he chose to study the mind and the brain, why he employed his various methods, why he relied so heavily on cranial features, and why he wrote what he did in his books. Frequently using Gall's own words, they show his impact in various domains, including his approach to the insane and criminals, before concluding with his final illness and more lasting legacy.

Author : Nahum Capen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reminiscences of Dr. Spurzheim and George Combe written by Nahum Capen and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George COMBE (Phrenologist.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essays on Phrenology, or an Inquiry into the principles and utility of the system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, and into the objections made against it. [With a plate.] written by George COMBE (Phrenologist.) and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Johann Gaspar Spurzheim
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Outlines of Phrenology written by Johann Gaspar Spurzheim and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Combe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
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Download or read book Essays on Phrenology; Or, An Inquiry Into the Principles and Utility of the System of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, and Into the Objections Made Against it written by George Combe and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nahum Capen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385451361
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reminiscences of Dr. Spurzheim and George Combe, and a Review of the Science of Phrenology, from the Period of its Discovery by Dr. Gall, to the Time of the Visit of George Combe to the United States, 1838, 1840 written by Nahum Capen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-03 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Author : George Combe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
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Download or read book Outlines of the Phrenological System of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim written by George Combe and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282400637
Total Pages : 126 pages
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Download or read book An Epitome of Phrenology written by Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-16 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Epitome of Phrenology: Being an Outline of the Science as Taught by Gall Spurzheim and Combe; To Accompany a Chart Delineated According to This System, or the Marked Bust; Approved by Dr. Spurzheim In the year 1800, dr. John gaspar spurzheim commenced his labors with Gall. This event gave great impulse to the study of the physiology and anatomy of the brain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.