The literature on the intellectual achievements of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) considers his influence on the development of science in two contexts. The first adopts a perspective in which Linnaeus is described as a lonely genius and a titan of work who single-handedly reformed the natural sciences in the field of taxonomy. The second, in addition to the obvious contribution of the naturalist, also takes into account other figures who participated in the scientific world of 18th-century natural history. The article presents the assumptions underlying the interpretations of Linnaeus as a researcher and Linnaeus as a creator of a research style, and determines whether they provide a complementary picture of the development of the naturalist's research practice. To this end, Ludwik Fleck's distinction between thought collectives, which consist of two circles: esoteric and exoteric, is used.
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