Karol Linneusz jako badacz i twórca społeczności badaczy. Szkic filozoficzno-historyczny

Michał Gołda

doi:10.21697/spch.2024.60.A.14

Published: 2024-12-31

Vol. 60 No. 2 (2024)

Carl Linnaeus as a Researcher and Founder of a Community of Researchers. A Philosophical and Historical Analysis

Michał Gołda

Studia Philosophiae Christianae

Section: Papers

https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2024.60.A.14

Abstract

The literature on the intellectual achievements of Charles Linnaeus (1707-1778) considers his influence on the development of science in two ways. According to the first, Linnaeus was a solitary genius who single-handedly reformed the taxonomy of the natural sciences. A second interpretation, in addition to the naturalist’s prominent contributions, considers other key figures of the eighteenth-century natural history. This article examines the assumptions of the two interpretations: Linnaeus-as-a-Researcher and Linnaeus-as-a-Developer-of-a-Research-Style, and considers whether they provide a complementary picture of the development of the naturalist’s research practice. For this purpose, the discussion relies on Ludwik Fleck’s notion of a thought collective, which consists of two circles, esoteric and exoteric.

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Received: 16/03/2024. Reviewed: 15/05/2024. Accepted: 6/08/2024.

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Carl Linnaeus, thought collective, Ludwik Fleck, research practice, systematics

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Gołda, M. (2024). Carl Linnaeus as a Researcher and Founder of a Community of Researchers. A Philosophical and Historical Analysis. Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 60(2), 105–120. https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2024.60.A.14

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