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Du Bois-Reymond, Emil (1818–96)

DOI
10.4324/9780415249126-DC021-1
DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-DC021-1
Version: v1,  Published online: 1998
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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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