Whewell's Philosophy of Discovery and the Archetype of the Vertebrate Skeleton: The Role of German Philosophy of Science in Richard Owen's Biology

Annals of Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-61

  Sloan, Phillip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; MEDICINE; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST FACTORS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 0142258735     PISSN: 00033790     EISSN: 1464505X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713801780     Document Type: Article

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