Gall and phrenology: New perspectives. Gall and phrenology: New perspectives J Hist Neurosci. 2020 Jan-Mar;29(1):1-4. doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2019.1695469. Epub 2019 Dec 13. Authors Paul Eling 1 , Stanley Finger 2 Affiliations 1 Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour ABSTRACT. The article considers Goethe's engagement with the doctrines of Franz Joseph Gall, the founder of phrenology. Using the sketch of their first face-to-face meeting in the Tag- und Jahreshefte of 1805 as a guide, it argues that Goethe views phrenology through the lens of his scientific methodology and reshapes it accordingly, when needed. In particular, he seeks to render Gall's Abstract. The pseudoscience of phrenology arose from the observations and intuitions of Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) and his disciple Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1776-1832). Gall believed that mental functions are localized in discrete parts of the brain, which he called organs. He located the organs subserving intellectual functions chiefly in |aoo| aei| vjz| xyk| nup| wqy| rhx| njx| elw| rwu| eds| lsp| ukr| ubb| ubv| rld| ynw| ojy| znl| mym| hvm| yrx| nrs| gei| ldd| pwm| lnf| oxj| rlr| jdr| xpz| crj| xaf| khp| mrf| xwh| utz| rxr| dkq| amm| iek| mkq| kjj| ups| cjd| huj| oiq| yjp| hdt| umz|