Summary of carl linnaeus biography pdf

Carl Linnaeus* Affiliation Staffan Müller-Wille Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom sewm3@cam.ac.uk ++44-786-1020240 1.

Synonyms (if possible) Carolus Linnaeus, Carolus Linnæus, Carl von Linné, Karl von Linné, Charles Linné.

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2. Related Topics Natural history; natural philosophy; botany; zoology; mineralogy; taxonomy; nomenclature; natural system; Baconianism; Paracelsianism; balance of nature; physicotheology. 3. Introduction Linnaeus was no philosopher, neither by profession, nor by inclination.

He prided himself on writing simple prose, and disliked public disputes.

Summary of carl linnaeus biography pdf

His idiosyncratic natural philosophy built on baroque syncretism and rash theorizing by analogy, but always carried the mark of the naturalist and physician. As such, his work is exemplary of what Louis Althusser has called the “spontaneous philosophy” of scientists (Althusser 1990).

This can explain why his impact on the history of philosop