TY - JOUR
TI - Cuvier and Lamarck: Two Opposing Naturalists
AU - Grimoult, Cédric
TI - Cuvier and Lamarck: Two Opposing Naturalists
AB - 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.
VL - 2020
IS - Volume 52
PY - 2020
SN - 0078-6500
C1 - 2657-5337
SP - 47
EP - 73
DO - 10.4467/00786500.ORG.20.003.12929
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/organon/article/cuvier-et-lamarck-deux-naturalistes-en-miroir
KW - cabinets of natural history
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KW - Podlasie
KW - Anna Jabłonowska