Phrenology | how pseudoscience is hurting society

#phrenology #pseudoscience
Phrenology is one of the most horrific examples of practiced pseudoscience. And just because it is long debunked, that doesn't mean that we are immune as a society against all of them.

Here a little more to read on it:

Bank, A. (1996). Of ‘native skulls’ and ‘noble caucasians’: phrenology in colonial South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 22(3), 387-403.

Twine, R. (2002). Physiognomy, phrenology and the temporality of the body. Body & Society, 8(1), 67-88.

Morton, S. G., & Combe, G. (1839). Crania Americana; or, a comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America: to which is prefixed an essay on the varieties of the human species. Philadelphia: J. Dobson; London: Simpkin, Marshall.

Rawlings III, C. E., & Rossitch Jr, E. (1994). Franz Josef Gall and his contribution to neuroanatomy with emphasis on the brain stem. Surgical neurology, 42(3), 272-275.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...

Flourens, P. (1846). Phrenology examined. Hogan & thompson.


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