Outlines of scientific anatomy : for students of biology and medicine / by Wilhelm Lubosch ; translated from the German by H.H. Woollard.

  • Wilhelm Lubosch
Date:
1928
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Credit: Outlines of scientific anatomy : for students of biology and medicine / by Wilhelm Lubosch ; translated from the German by H.H. Woollard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    experience and their method induction. In the last resort, however, each experience is possible only through “ a priori ” ideas, and so such a classification does not get to the root of the matter. The Inquiry of Learning. Instruction Phantasy Understanding (History) (Poesy) (Science and causation) Science of the supernatural Science of the natural (Religion) (Philosophy) 1— ,2 — ,3. Natural philosophy 4. Mathematics 5. Anthropology Carried into many subdivisions to T T Theoretical Technical (Practical science) Study of Study of the Society Individual (politics) Physiology Psychology Health, Beauty (Cosmetics) Strength Sensory (Athletics) satisfactions (Music, Painting) Maintenance of health (Dietetics) Healing of Disease Prolongation of life Anatomy Comparative anatomy Pathology Vivisection The “ a posteriori ” sciences, which are, of course, the great majority, have suffered from many diverse systems of classification, e.g., concrete and abstract, nomothetic (that is those which carry us to a knowledge of laws), idiographic (those which are satisfied with mere description), natural and cultural science, applied and pure science. All these have some descriptive application, but are without any real value. History shows that there is nothing purely descrip¬ tive. Comparative anatomy knows no laws (at most it recognizes rules) ; the study of descent need not include practical application though it may do so by expressing the position of man and the value of race. Anatomy can deliver valuable judgments on importance and non-importance, on the needs of life, the value of organs, apparatus [para. 15]. The most valuable classification is that into biological and natural sciences coinciding with the distinction