"Phrenology's fundamental assumptions remained constant throughout the history of the movement. They were succinctly s…"

"As originally put forward , there were four cardinal premises (of phrenology), namely that: (1) the brain is the mate…"

"Faculty psychology is getting to be respectable again after centuries of hanging around with phrenologists and other …"

"“Phrenology! Phah!” Madame Roushka exclaimed, waving her hand dismissively. “A child’s game, a parlor trick at the ve…"

"The origin of all science is in the desire to know causes; and the origin of all false science and imposture is in th…"

"Lacan goes wrong by relying (quite uncritically!) on Saussure's signifier-signified conception of language. It is und…"

"When Priestley described his discovery... he introduced... an open admission of the role of randomness in his work—ev…"

"Intelligent design... is not a scientific argument at all, but a religious one. It might be worth discussing in a cla…"

"Some hold that fundamental ideas have changed so often within science—especially within physics—that we should always…"

"One of the most fundamental principles of Lavoisier's chemistry was the use of numbers, notably in relation to what w…"