DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-DC021-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/du-bois-reymond-emil-1818-96/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/du-bois-reymond-emil-1818-96/v-1
Article Summary
Emil du Bois-Reymond conducted pioneering research in electrophysiology which established him as a major figure in German science in the second half of the nineteenth century. His influence extended further through his more general writings in politics and philosophy of science, in which he argued for theoretical restraint and for the recognition that certain problems (for example, the mind–body problem) fell beyond scientific modes of inquiry and explanation.
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Robinson, Daniel N.. Du Bois-Reymond, Emil (1818–96), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-DC021-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/du-bois-reymond-emil-1818-96/v-1.
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Robinson, Daniel N.. Du Bois-Reymond, Emil (1818–96), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-DC021-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/du-bois-reymond-emil-1818-96/v-1.
Copyright © 1998-2024 Routledge.