%0 Journal Article
%T Cuvier and Lamarck: Two Opposing Naturalists
%A Grimoult, Cédric
%J ORGANON
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/00786500.ORG.20.003.12929
%N Volume 52
%P 47-73
%K cabinets of natural history, exotic plants, exotic raw materials, Podlasie, Anna Jabłonowska
%@ 0078-6500
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/organon/article/cuvier-et-lamarck-deux-naturalistes-en-miroir
%X Lamarck and Cuvier built opposite theories concerning the origin of living beings, their links and fate. If they could agree on the bases of the animal classification, they drastically differed in their interpretations. Lamarck claimed the reality of the transformation of species, whereas Cuvier challenged and attacked him fiercely. The two naturalists competed strongly for the leading place in natural history at the beginning of the 19th century, dialoguing indirectly through their scientific papers, which need to be reviewed in light of this debate. Their polemical discussion shows some major issues in the emergent science of biology.