Les idees du mouvement intellectuel de la philosophie naturelle ont influence les physiciens du XIX e siecle, particulierement les physiciens allemands dont l'A. decrit les travaux

Physics and Naturphilosophie: A Reconnaissance

The unique contributions of romanticism and romantic science have been generally ignored or undervalued in history and philosophy of science studies and science education. Although more recent research in history of science has come to delineate the value of both topics for the development of modern science, their merit for the educational field has not been explored. Romanticism was not only an obvious historical period, but a particular state of mind with its own extraordinary emotional sensitivity towards nature. It is especially the latter which we hope to revisit and reclaim for science education. After discussing several key historical contributions, we describe nine characteristics of ‘Romantic Science’ in order to focus on six ideas/possibilities that we believe hold much value for transforming current science education: (1) the emotional sensitivity toward nature, (2) the centrality of sense experience, (3) the importance of “holistic experience”, (4) the importance of the notions of mystery and wonder, (5) the power of science to transform people’s outlook on the natural world, and (6) the importance of the relationship between science and philosophy. It is argued that in view of a pragmatist/utilitarian conception of school science prevalent today the aforementioned ideas (especially the notion of wonder and the poetic/non-analytical mode of knowledge), can provide food for thought for both science teachers and researchers seeking to work out an aesthetic conception, one that complements current approaches such as inquiry science and conceptual change.

Romanticism and Romantic Science: Their Contribution to Science Education

The genesis of cultivated choral tone in the United States (1906-1928): Peter C. Lutkin, F. Melius Christiansen, and John Finley Williamson

Between 1838 and 1863 the Grimm brothers led a collaborative research project to create a new kind of dictionary documenting the history of the German language. They imagined the work would present a scientific account of linguistic cohesiveness and strengthen German unity. However, their dictionary volumes (most of which were arranged and written by Jacob Grimm) would be variously criticized for their idiosyncratic character and ultimately seen as a poor, and even prejudicial, piece of scholarship. This paper argues that such criticisms may reflect a misunderstanding of the dictionary. I claim it can be best understood as an artifact of romanticist science and its epistemological privileging of subjective perception coupled with a deeply-held faith in inter-subjective congruence. Thus situated, it is a rare and detailed case of Romantic ideas and ideals applied to the scientific study of social artifacts. Moreover, the dictionary's organization, reception, and legacy provide insights into the changing landscape of scientific practice in Germany, showcasing the difficulties of implementing a romanticist vision of science amidst widening gaps between the public and professionals, generalists and specialists.

A dictionary without definitions: romanticist science in the production and presentation of the Grimm brothers' German dictionary, 1838-1863.

Wishing to contribute to an easier remembrance of the name, shape, location and function of some neuroanatomical structures, this paper aims to identify the origin of eight Latin terms (pulvinar, capsula, infundibulum, operculum, flocculus, forceps, falx, habenula). Therefore, we analyzed the etymology of these Latin neuroanatomical terms in brief, and searched the possible correlations between the shape of different household objects used in Roman Antiquity and the shape of neuroanatomical structures bearing those names. We also perused the literature to identify the first anatomist who made such an analogy when searching to give a name to the anatomical structure he had discovered at dissection, as well as the time context of his discovery. We found knowledge of few neuroanatomical structures tracing their origin to Antiquity, but most of the nervous structures we have studied were discovered in the 19th century, when the German school of anatomy played a distinctive part. However, the multitude of Latin words designating neuroanatomical structures by analogy is an undeniable proof of neuroanatomists' amazing imagination.

Areview of analogies between some neuroanatomical terms and roman household objects

Preface. Introduction. Wechselwirkung in the Life and Other Sciences: a Word, New Claims and a Concept around 1800 ... and much Later G. H. Muller. Geometry and 'Metaphysics of Space' in Gauss and Riemann U. Bottazzini. Romanticism versus Enlightenment: Sir Humphrey Davy's Idea of Chemical Philosophy F. Abbri. Lamarck and the Birth of Biology 1740--1810 G. Barsanti. On the Origin of Romantic Biology and its Further Development at the University of Jena between 1790 and 1850 I. Jahn. 'Nature is an Organized Whole': J.F. Fries's Reformulation of Kant's Philosophy of Organism F. Gregory. The Anthropological Theory of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach S. Fabbri Bertoletti. Sommerring, Kant and the Organ of the Soul L. Marino. Neurology and Biology in the Romantic Age in Germany: Carus, Burdach, Gall, von Baer S. Poggi. From Romantic Naturphilosophie to a Theory of Scientific Method for the Medical Disciplines W.R. Woodward, R. Pester. Romanticism and Dutch Scientists H.A.M. Snelders. The Unity of Teaching and Research R. Stichweh. Linguistics and Modern Philology in Germany 1800--1840 as 'Scientific' Subjects and as University Disciplines H.H. Christmann. The Unity of Nature and Mind: Gustav Theodor Fechner's Non-Reductive Materialism M. Heidelberger.

Gabinetto scientifico letterario G.P. Vieusseux

Papers

Romanticism in Science Science in Europe, 1790-1840

L'Idea di Firenze : temi e interpretazioni nell'arte straniera dell'Ottocento : atti del convegno, Firenze, 17, 18, 19 dicembre 1986