Knowledge Commons | Gabriel Finkelstein | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/gabridli/activity/ Activity feed for Gabriel Finkelstein. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:30:07 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 404d0b329abc7b9acbe75bef92b192b6 Gabriel Finkelstein's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1905125/ Sun, 17 Nov 2024 18:30:08 -0500 0 29652618fab3242b9300501980baac6a Gabriel Finkelstein deposited Haeckel and du Bois-Reymond: rival German Darwinists in the group Science Studies and the History of Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1637084/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:25:26 -0400 Ernst Haeckel and Emil du Bois-Reymond were the most prominent champions of Darwin in Germany. This essay compares their contributions to popularizing the theory of evolution, drawing special attention to the neglected figure of du Bois-Reymond as a spokesman for a world devoid of natural purpose. It suggests that the historiography of the German…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a2ff7bd6412f028e41cc5d9386b3951 Gabriel Finkelstein deposited Haeckel and du Bois-Reymond: rival German Darwinists in the group Historiography https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1637083/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:25:23 -0400 Ernst Haeckel and Emil du Bois-Reymond were the most prominent champions of Darwin in Germany. This essay compares their contributions to popularizing the theory of evolution, drawing special attention to the neglected figure of du Bois-Reymond as a spokesman for a world devoid of natural purpose. It suggests that the historiography of the German…[Read more]

]]> 0 6bde3af562506c6c167366f5d834850b Gabriel Finkelstein deposited Haeckel and du Bois-Reymond: rival German Darwinists in the group German Literature and Culture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1637082/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:25:21 -0400 Ernst Haeckel and Emil du Bois-Reymond were the most prominent champions of Darwin in Germany. This essay compares their contributions to popularizing the theory of evolution, drawing special attention to the neglected figure of du Bois-Reymond as a spokesman for a world devoid of natural purpose. It suggests that the historiography of the German…[Read more]

]]> 0 00e63b08d8298027686ea96913ab97fd Gabriel Finkelstein deposited Haeckel and du Bois-Reymond: rival German Darwinists https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1636973/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:03:22 -0400 Ernst Haeckel and Emil du Bois-Reymond were the most prominent champions of Darwin in Germany. This essay compares their contributions to popularizing the theory of evolution, drawing special attention to the neglected figure of du Bois-Reymond as a spokesman for a world devoid of natural purpose. It suggests that the historiography of the German…[Read more]

]]> 0 e5f028eb29a781fe2868c592b344745a Gabriel Finkelstein deposited Why Darwin was English https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1617121/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:13:44 -0400 A "late developer" argument, common to Psychology and Economic History, can be used to explain cultural innovation. It argues that the 19th century theory of natural selection arose in England and not Germany because of – and not in spite of – England’s scientific backwardness. Measured in terms of institutions, communities, and ideas, the relat…[Read more]

]]> 0 d39f2c2ab68104059567f58fc04751bb Gabriel Finkelstein deposited Mechanical neuroscience: Emil du Bois-Reymond's innovations in theory and practice https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1617045/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:55:49 -0400 Summary of the achievements of Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896)

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