Science and self-assessment: phrenological charts 1840–1940.

This paper looks at phrenological charts as mediators of (pseudo-)scientific knowledge to individual clients who used them as a means of self-assessment. Phrenologists propagated the idea that the human mind could be categorized into different mental faculties, with each particular faculty represent...

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Publicado en:British Journal for the History of Science Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 261 - 281
Autor principal: SYSLING, FENNEKE
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Jun2018
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