From Idea to Law: Theory, Concept and Terminological Formation in Ernst Haeckel’s Works
- Авторлар: Porges K.1, Stewart I.2,3, Hoßfeld U.1, Levit G.4
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Мекемелер:
- Research Group for Biology Education, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- History of Science and Technology, University of King’s College
- Department of Classics, Dalhousie University, Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building
- Institute of Biology, University of Kassel
- Шығарылым: Том 50, № 6 (2019)
- Беттер: 290-302
- Бөлім: History of Biology
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1062-3604/article/view/183965
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062360419060079
- ID: 183965
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Аннотация
Since Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) published their trailblazing ideas, the scientific community’s discussion of evolutionary biology has included the topic of embryological development. The concepts of ontogeny and phylogeny, still current in contemporary biology, together with the now obsolete biogenetic law and his Gastraea theory, which trace back to Haeckel, all underwent an evolution of their own in Haeckel’s works. The record of this evolution makes clear how the features of his thinking that proved durable, such as ontogeny and phylogeny, were established as such through a difficult creative process of formation of concepts, theories, and terminology that themselves enjoyed varying fortunes. Beginning with Haeckel’s Generelle Morphologie der Organismen [General Morphology of Organisms] (1866), this paper traces aspects of the conceptual and terminological evolution that takes place both within the pages of this highly complex but seminal work and then chronologically in later works. We include the use of text data mining of his works to establish and analyse word frequency patterns. We seek to indicate here some of the challenges Haeckel faced in establishing new concepts and terminology in the General Morphology (hereafter GM), and we draw attention to his efforts in later works to extend this didactic work.
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Karl Porges
Research Group for Biology Education, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Email: georgelevit@gmx.net
Германия, Jena, 07743
Ian Stewart
History of Science and Technology, University of King’s College; Department of Classics, Dalhousie University, Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building
Email: georgelevit@gmx.net
Канада, Halifax, NS, B3H 2A1; Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2
Uwe Hoßfeld
Research Group for Biology Education, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Email: georgelevit@gmx.net
Германия, Jena, 07743
Georgy Levit
Institute of Biology, University of Kassel
Хат алмасуға жауапты Автор.
Email: georgelevit@gmx.net
Германия, Heinrich‑Plett‑Straße 40, Kassel 2 Biology, 34132