Pietro Corsi
Biographic Data
| ID | 232941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pietro Corsi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pietro |
| FAMILY NAME | Corsi |
| SIGNATURE | CORSI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre Alexandre Koyré |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9245-1401 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Darwin Mythology
Un lamarckisme réticent
1. Une carrière empêchéeLa figure et l’œuvre d’Achille Pierre Requin (1803-1854) n’ont, pour employer un euphémisme, pas attiré beaucoup d’attention de la part des historiens. Avec une exception d’envergure : une excellente contribution par Pierre Philippe (2020) au volume collectif que Vincent Bourdeau, Jean-Luc Chappey et Julien Vincent ont consacré au sujet : Les Encyclopédismes en France à l’ère des révolutions (1789-1850). Dans son chapitre …
Debates About Life’s Origin and Adaptive Powers in the Early Nineteenth Century
Séduire comme un paon
Dans L'Origine des espèces, Darwin avait soigneusement évité de traiter la question de la place des êtres humains dans sa théorie et dans le monde animal : il n'avait pourtant pu éviter que la question fût en tête des préoccupations de la plupart de ses premiers commentateurs. Dans La descendance de l'homme (1871), il prit la parole. Darwin y avance l'idée que les prérogatives sensorielles et, plus largement, intellectuelles et morales dont fait …
Does the Artemidorus papyrus have multiple lives? Seeking for the answer in the inks through a Raman and PCA analysis
A Chair for Two
The history of science has always experienced a certain degree of difficulty in accepting the “history” part of its name. Even the more sociologically oriented colleagues appear not to be very successful in freeing themselves from the idea that “science” is, and has always been, a well-defined and coherent body of actors and practices. Almost inevitably, successive generations of historians, together with national and international professional a…
J utta S chickore . About Method
Jutta Schickore’s About Method is a dense volume and at times difficult to read. It starts with the author’s premise that the “experimental turn” allegedly experienced by the history of science at large over the last two decades has failed to consistently address narratives about method offered by the scientists themselves. The historiography on the subject of experimentation in early modern England, Schickore explains, has been mostly concerned,…
After the Revolution
A century and a half later, in revolutionary France, the two issues were again at the forefront of heated epistemological, linguistic and political debates. This chapter shows how political considerations were also responsible for the embarrassed silence on the issue of the relationship between linguistic and scientific innovation that followed the consolidation of Napoleon's power after 1800. Though the economic situation improved over the follo…
What do you mean by a periodical? Forms and functions
The word ‘periodical’ immediately calls to mind huge stacks of bound volumes neatly arranged on library shelves. Yet, in historical terms, it would be hard to claim that ‘periodical’ is a word endowed with a definite and univocal connotation. Even the criterion of ‘periodicity’ leaves a lot out of account. Forms historically assumed by periodicals often envisaged regular schedules of appearance, but this was often more of a wish than a reality. T…
The Culture of English Geology, 1815 1851. A Science Revealed through its Collecting
Simon J. Knell, The Culture of English Geology, 1815 1851. A Science Revealed through its Collecting. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2000. ISBN 1–84014–625–7. xxii + 378 pp., 29 b. & w. illus. £65. To the envy of scholars trying their best to elicit interest in the history of continental geology, it appears that British colleagues have decided to establish their firm leadership in the field with a salvo of recent publications, ranging from books and article…
Des pharmaciens assistent au cours des animaux sans vertèbres professé par Lamarck au Muséum (1795-1823)
Près de mille auditeurs ont suivi le cours de zoologie des invertébrés professé par Lamarck au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle entre 1795 et 1823. Parmi ceux-ci on a déjà identifié pour l'instant 44 pharmaciens ou élèves en pharmacie. À côté de ceux qui ont exercé leur profession dans le cadre d'une officine ou d'un hôpital militaire se détachent les noms de savants qui ont laissé une trace dans la science : chimistes (Braconnot, Duspasquier…
Lamarck
Contrairement à une idée largement répandue, Lamarck ne fut ni un prophète isolé, ni un précurseur de Darwin auquel on aurait omis de rendre justice. Pas davantage un homme dépassé par son époque que les travaux novateurs des Lavoisier, Cuvier, Haüy puis Darwin auraient relégué au second plan. Telle est la thèse soutenue par Pietro Corsi qui montre que le célèbre naturaliste participa pleinement aux grands débats de son temps sur l’extinction des…
A Devil's Chaplain's Calling
Le Muséum au premier siècle de son histoire
1793. En pleine Terreur, la Convention nationale crée le Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Le décret du 10 juin confie, à ce qui fut le Jardin du roi, la tâche d’enseigner les sciences naturelles au peuple. Le présent ouvrage retrace les grandes étapes du développement du Muséum en tant qu’Institution, en tant qu’organisme de recherches et en tant que modèle pour l’Europe et le monde. Sur un siècle d’histoire, défilent les difficultés de sa c…
Charles Darwin's Notebooks, 1836-1844
Information Sources in the History of Science and Medicine
Lamarck en Italie
At the end of the XIXth century, zoologists sketched the history of evolutionary ideas in Italy, through the works of G. Gautieri, M. Foderà, F. A. Bonelli and F. С. Marmocchi. An analysis of their writings and a comparative critical assessment of the information available on their activities, has questioned the label « lamarckian » attributed to them. Contemporary naturalistic debates have allowed to reveal the dimensions of the Italian debates …
Cuore, sangue e cervello
Science in Culture
The Importance of French Transformist Ideas for the Second Volume of Lyell'S Principles of Geology
Recently there has been considerable revaluation of the development of natural sciences in the early nineteenth century, dealing among other things with the works and ideas of Charles Lyell. The task of interpreting Lyell in balanced terms is extremely complex because his activities covered many fields of research, and because his views have been unwarrantably distorted in order to make him the precursor of various modern scientific positions. Ma…
Le Muséum au premier siècle de son histoire
1793. En pleine Terreur, la Convention nationale crée le Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Le décret du 10 juin confie, à ce qui fut le Jardin du roi, la tâche d’enseigner les sciences naturelles au peuple. Le présent ouvrage retrace les grandes étapes du développement du Muséum en tant qu’Institution, en tant qu’organisme de recherches et en tant que modèle pour l’Europe et le monde. Sur un siècle d’histoire, défilent les difficultés de sa c…
The Importance of French Transformist Ideas for the Second Volume of Lyell'S Principles of Geology
Recently there has been considerable revaluation of the development of natural sciences in the early nineteenth century, dealing among other things with the works and ideas of Charles Lyell. The task of interpreting Lyell in balanced terms is extremely complex because his activities covered many fields of research, and because his views have been unwarrantably distorted in order to make him the precursor of various modern scientific positions. Ma…
What do you mean by a periodical? Forms and functions
The word ‘periodical’ immediately calls to mind huge stacks of bound volumes neatly arranged on library shelves. Yet, in historical terms, it would be hard to claim that ‘periodical’ is a word endowed with a definite and univocal connotation. Even the criterion of ‘periodicity’ leaves a lot out of account. Forms historically assumed by periodicals often envisaged regular schedules of appearance, but this was often more of a wish than a reality. T…
A Devil's Chaplain's Calling
The Importance of French Transformist Ideas for the Second Volume of Lyell'S Principles of Geology
Recently there has been considerable revaluation of the development of natural sciences in the early nineteenth century, dealing among other things with the works and ideas of Charles Lyell. The task of interpreting Lyell in balanced terms is extremely complex because his activities covered many fields of research, and because his views have been unwarrantably distorted in order to make him the precursor of various modern scientific positions. Ma…
Science in Culture
Cuore, sangue e cervello
Lamarck en Italie
At the end of the XIXth century, zoologists sketched the history of evolutionary ideas in Italy, through the works of G. Gautieri, M. Foderà, F. A. Bonelli and F. С. Marmocchi. An analysis of their writings and a comparative critical assessment of the information available on their activities, has questioned the label « lamarckian » attributed to them. Contemporary naturalistic debates have allowed to reveal the dimensions of the Italian debates …
Information Sources in the History of Science and Medicine
Charles Darwin's Notebooks, 1836-1844
Le Muséum au premier siècle de son histoire
1793. En pleine Terreur, la Convention nationale crée le Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Le décret du 10 juin confie, à ce qui fut le Jardin du roi, la tâche d’enseigner les sciences naturelles au peuple. Le présent ouvrage retrace les grandes étapes du développement du Muséum en tant qu’Institution, en tant qu’organisme de recherches et en tant que modèle pour l’Europe et le monde. Sur un siècle d’histoire, défilent les difficultés de sa c…
A Devil's Chaplain's Calling
Lamarck
Contrairement à une idée largement répandue, Lamarck ne fut ni un prophète isolé, ni un précurseur de Darwin auquel on aurait omis de rendre justice. Pas davantage un homme dépassé par son époque que les travaux novateurs des Lavoisier, Cuvier, Haüy puis Darwin auraient relégué au second plan. Telle est la thèse soutenue par Pietro Corsi qui montre que le célèbre naturaliste participa pleinement aux grands débats de son temps sur l’extinction des…
Des pharmaciens assistent au cours des animaux sans vertèbres professé par Lamarck au Muséum (1795-1823)
Près de mille auditeurs ont suivi le cours de zoologie des invertébrés professé par Lamarck au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle entre 1795 et 1823. Parmi ceux-ci on a déjà identifié pour l'instant 44 pharmaciens ou élèves en pharmacie. À côté de ceux qui ont exercé leur profession dans le cadre d'une officine ou d'un hôpital militaire se détachent les noms de savants qui ont laissé une trace dans la science : chimistes (Braconnot, Duspasquier…
The Culture of English Geology, 1815 1851. A Science Revealed through its Collecting
Simon J. Knell, The Culture of English Geology, 1815 1851. A Science Revealed through its Collecting. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2000. ISBN 1–84014–625–7. xxii + 378 pp., 29 b. & w. illus. £65. To the envy of scholars trying their best to elicit interest in the history of continental geology, it appears that British colleagues have decided to establish their firm leadership in the field with a salvo of recent publications, ranging from books and article…
What do you mean by a periodical? Forms and functions
The word ‘periodical’ immediately calls to mind huge stacks of bound volumes neatly arranged on library shelves. Yet, in historical terms, it would be hard to claim that ‘periodical’ is a word endowed with a definite and univocal connotation. Even the criterion of ‘periodicity’ leaves a lot out of account. Forms historically assumed by periodicals often envisaged regular schedules of appearance, but this was often more of a wish than a reality. T…
After the Revolution
A century and a half later, in revolutionary France, the two issues were again at the forefront of heated epistemological, linguistic and political debates. This chapter shows how political considerations were also responsible for the embarrassed silence on the issue of the relationship between linguistic and scientific innovation that followed the consolidation of Napoleon's power after 1800. Though the economic situation improved over the follo…
J utta S chickore . About Method
Jutta Schickore’s About Method is a dense volume and at times difficult to read. It starts with the author’s premise that the “experimental turn” allegedly experienced by the history of science at large over the last two decades has failed to consistently address narratives about method offered by the scientists themselves. The historiography on the subject of experimentation in early modern England, Schickore explains, has been mostly concerned,…
A Chair for Two
The history of science has always experienced a certain degree of difficulty in accepting the “history” part of its name. Even the more sociologically oriented colleagues appear not to be very successful in freeing themselves from the idea that “science” is, and has always been, a well-defined and coherent body of actors and practices. Almost inevitably, successive generations of historians, together with national and international professional a…
Does the Artemidorus papyrus have multiple lives? Seeking for the answer in the inks through a Raman and PCA analysis
Séduire comme un paon
Dans L'Origine des espèces, Darwin avait soigneusement évité de traiter la question de la place des êtres humains dans sa théorie et dans le monde animal : il n'avait pourtant pu éviter que la question fût en tête des préoccupations de la plupart de ses premiers commentateurs. Dans La descendance de l'homme (1871), il prit la parole. Darwin y avance l'idée que les prérogatives sensorielles et, plus largement, intellectuelles et morales dont fait …
Debates About Life’s Origin and Adaptive Powers in the Early Nineteenth Century
Darwin Mythology
Un lamarckisme réticent
1. Une carrière empêchéeLa figure et l’œuvre d’Achille Pierre Requin (1803-1854) n’ont, pour employer un euphémisme, pas attiré beaucoup d’attention de la part des historiens. Avec une exception d’envergure : une excellente contribution par Pierre Philippe (2020) au volume collectif que Vincent Bourdeau, Jean-Luc Chappey et Julien Vincent ont consacré au sujet : Les Encyclopédismes en France à l’ère des révolutions (1789-1850). Dans son chapitre …
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