[Cz-biology] FW: Major misconception in "Biology" article

[Nicolas Rasmussen]

I am afraid the complaint is justified.  Preformationists like  
Hartsoeker were illustrating their THEORY with homunculus drawings --  
what they said you MIGHT be able to see if you had a better microscope.

There are other such problems in the site, but I have despaired about  
changing any them.  If you want historical accuracy, history of  
biology has to be regarded as a separate area of expertise beyond  
that of the biologists writing these pieces.

NR

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Nicolas Rasmussen, MA (Philosophy), MPhil (HPS), PhD (Biology)
Associate Professor
School of History and Philosophy
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA


On 03/01/2008, at 5:04 AM, Larry Sanger wrote:

> All, please look into this complaint!
>
> --Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benedikt Hager [mailto:bhager at mac.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 10:51 AM
> To: sanger at citizendium.org
> Subject: Major misconception in "Biology" article
>
> Hello!
>
> I'm sorry for writing directly to you, but I didn't find a way to  
> contact any other editor without registering an account before.
>
> This paper by KA Hill reports quite the contrary about Hartsoeker's  
> Homunculus of what the Citizendium article "biology" says:
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez? 
> db=pubmed&uid=3889137&cmd=showdetailview&indexed=google
>
> As far as I can tell, the CZ article seems to prolong a common, but  
> nontheless incorrect interpretation of what Hartsoeker and  
> Leeuwenhoek stated.
>
> Regards,
> Benedikt Hager
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