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Claude Bernard’s non reception of Darwinism
The aim of this paper is to explain why, while Charles Darwin was well recognized as a scientific leader of his time, Claude Bernard never really...
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Historiographical approaches to biogeography: a critical review
We performed a critical review of the historiographical studies on biogeography. We began with the pioneering works of Augustin and Alphonse de...
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Beyond translations, perspectives for researchers to consider to enhance comprehension during consent processes for health research in sub-saharan Africa: a sco** review
BackgroundLiterature on issues relating to comprehension during the process of obtaining informed consent (IC) has largely focused on the challenges...
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The Francophile Philosophy, Science, and Literature of Sarah A. Dorsey
Mississippi-born woman of letters Sarah Anne Ellis Dorsey (1829–1879) deserves a place among nineteenth century American philosophers. Dorsey was a...
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Murdoch and Visual Artists
Throughout her life Iris Murdoch sought the company of visual artists. In so doing she was, consciously or unconsciously, positioning herself within...
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Théodule Armand Ribot: ‘Scientific Psychology’ in France
Ribot fulfilled a controversial, seminal role in France: powerful long-time editor of the influential Revue philosophique, prolific author, high-brow...
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Tocqueville-Rezeption in Frankreich/Europa
Die Tocqueville-Rezeption in Europa setzte bereits kurz nach Erscheinen von De la democratie en Amérique ein. Vor allem im Kontext der neu...
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Adam Smith’s Historical and Biographical Context
This chapter provides a general summary of the state of the art concerning Smith’s conception of human beings in terms of human nature, mind and the...
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Chronology of Key Works
The present chapter enumerates in chronological order—fairly exhaustively—those francophone works which discussed the philosophies of Hegel and...
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From telluric helix to telluric remix
The first attempt to represent the Periodic system graphically was the Telluric Helix ( Vis Tellurique ) presented in 1862 by Alexandre-Emile Béguyer...
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Alexis De Tocqueville
Alexis Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (1805–1859) hatte frühzeitig den Rang eines modernen Klassikers des Liberalismus inne. Heute sind es vor...
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Augusto Vera’s Mystical Conception of Hegelianism
This study reconstructs Augusto VeraVera, Augusto’s systematic interpretation of Hegel. Its fundamental thesis runs, “Philosophical knowledge is...
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Bibliography: Mark Steiner’s Main Works
The following is a bibliography of Mark Steiner's main publications. It includes references to a forthcoming paper, two unpublished lectures, and an...
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“Unknown Material”? Georges Canguilhem, French Philosophy and Medicine
In the introduction to the Normal and the Pathological, Canguilhem’s doctoral dissertation in medicine, defended in 1943, he claimed, “philosophy is...
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Local Traditions and the Death of Diffusion: Jean Gayon’s Contribution to Contemporary Narratives of ‘The Molecular Vision of Life’
Recent historiographies have put a focus on place and movement, with important implications for the history of scienceHistory of science and...
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Selfish Genes and Morality
Though the concept of the selfish gene (articulated in Richard Dawkins’s book The Selfish Gene) is now dated, it is still influential in evolutionary...