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11	On the Origins of the Modern Concept of Syphilis: Eighteenth Century Debate, Ludwik Fleck, and the Enlightenment Humphris, Teneille Patricia January 2013 (has links) The enlightenment period is often considered a dark age within the history of medicine. Contrary to this sentiment, I argue that the enlightenment spirit of inquiry regarding venereal disease was vibrant, dynamic, and profoundly influenced how syphilis was understood in the subsequent century. Historiography frequently minimises advances of medical knowledge made in the eighteenth century by focusing on the inefficacy of treatments, rather than on developments in medical theories and concepts. This thesis attends to this gap by examining a case study within venereology to demonstrate that physicians engaging in public debate significantly advanced knowledge of syphilis. In doing so, this counters a historiographical trend that claims that French physician Philippe Ricord (1800-1889) was the first to distinguish syphilis from gonorrhoea in the nineteenth century. It uses historical evidence to show that the nature of syphilis was debated throughout the preceding centuries and that this distinction was clearly established in 1793 by Scottish surgeon, Benjamin Bell (1749-1806). This thesis uses the epistemic concepts devised by Ludwik Fleck in his Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact (1979 [1935]) to illustrate how enlightenment ways of thinking substantially contributed to the development of modern medicine. This thesis therefore invites a reconsideration of the era, not as a dark age, but as a rich period of scientific endeavour. syphilis venereal disease venereology Philippe Ricord gonorrhea history of medicine epistemology enlightenment pox John Hunter Benjamin Bell philosophy Ludwik Fleck Eighteenth Century 18th century science history medicine
12	Stora och mäktiga sanningar : En studie av några populärvetenskapliga framställningar av Charles Darwins idéer i Sverige 1859-1909 / Truths of great power : A study of some popularized forms of the ideas of Charles Darwin in Sweden 1859-1909 Samuelsson, Jonatan January 2013 (has links) Uppsatsen undersöker några svenska populärvetenskapliga framställningar av Darwins idéer under halvseklet efter publiceringen av On the origin of species. De publikationer som studeras mest ingående är Ny illustrerad tidning och Verdandis småskrifter. Med hjälp av Ludwik Flecks vetenskapssociologiska tankar, jämte ett antal andra perspektiv på polulärvetenskapens form och funktion, resonerar jag om populariseringarnas folkbildande och stundtals politiska syften och sätt att presentera en omstridd teori som ovedersägligen sann. Uppsatsen innehåller också en översikt över populärvetenskapens historia i Europa och Sverige. darwin 1859-1909 populärvetenskap ludwik fleck ny illustrerad tidning verdandi populärvetenskapens historia i sverige populär biologi populärbiologi evolution evolutionsteori evolutionsteori historia historia
13	Arbetarrörelsen inom den radikala konstmusikens tankekollektiv : En studie av relationen mellan det radikala musiklivet och arbetarrörelsen under svenskt 1960-tal / Labourism within the Thought Collective of Radical Art Music : A Study of the Relationship between the Radical Music Scene and the Labour Movement in Sweden during the 1960s Petersson, Tobias January 2014 (has links) Subject of this study is the evolvement of the radical art music scene in Sweden. In this development took the labour movement an active part during the 1960s. The purpose of this study is to examine how the relationship between the radical art music scene and the labour movement was constituted and what this relationship implied for the Swedish radical art music scene during the 1960s. During the 1960s radical music became an influencial part in the Swedish music scene of modern art music. In this development the artists’ society Fylkingen had a central position. In the early 1960s Fylkingen began to incorporate writers, engineers, scientists, sociologists, philosophers, economists, etc. in their work and a number of projects were initiated which interacted with common society. A proposal for a public record company was developed together with KSF (Social Democratic Association for Cultural Workers) and was presented to the Swedish parliament. In collaboration with ABF (Workers’ Educational Association) the first studio for electronic music was build in 1960 and the relationship between the labour movement and the radical art music scene was institutionalized as the Stockholm Electronic Music Studio Foundation. This thesis uses the terminology of Ludwik Fleck to examine the relationship between the radical art music scene and the labour movement. The concepts of Thought collective and Thought-style are used to draw conclusions about common values and objectives within the Thought-style. The radical art music scene and the labour movement are understood to be part of a common Thought collective with a common style of thought. Because of this relationship, projects initiated in the radical music scene came to emphasize the democratic and educational aspects of music. In the latter half of the 1960s it was conceived impossible to achieve these goals under the existing program, leading to the notion within the style of thought that technological advancement was a prerequisite for a democratic music scene. Art Music Electronic Music Electroacoustic Music (EAM) Fylkingen Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) Labour Movement Workers’ Educational Association (ABF) Thought Collective Thought-Style Karl-Birger Blomdahl Ludwik Fleck Gunnar Larsson Knut Wiggen Konstmusik Elektronisk musik Elektronmusik Elektoakustisk musik (EAM) Fylkingen Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) Arbetarrörelsen Tankekollektiv Tankestil Karl-Birger Blomdahl Ludwik Fleck Gunnar Larsson Knut Wiggen

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On the Origins of the Modern Concept of Syphilis: Eighteenth Century Debate, Ludwik Fleck, and the Enlightenment

Stora och mäktiga sanningar : En studie av några populärvetenskapliga framställningar av Charles Darwins idéer i Sverige 1859-1909 / Truths of great power : A study of some popularized forms of the ideas of Charles Darwin in Sweden 1859-1909