By Semon, Richard; Semon, Richard Wolfgang; Schacter, Daniel L.; Semon, Richard Wolfgang
Richard Semon used to be a German evolutionary biologist who wrote, throughout the first decade of the 20 th century, attention-grabbing analyses of the workings of human reminiscence that have been sooner than their time. even supposing those were almost unknown to trendy researchers, Semon's paintings has been rediscovered in the past 20 years and has began to have a power at the box. This e-book not just examines Semon's contribution to reminiscence study, but additionally tells the tale of a rare lifestyles set opposed to the historical past of a turbulent interval in eu background and significant advancements in technological know-how and evolutionary conception. The ensuing booklet is a fascinating combination of biographical, old and mental fabric
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But not all scientists are hugely successful, and not all the important lessons of history can be gleaned from the scrutiny of those who are. One of the major purposes of this book is to demonstrate that the study of an historically unknown scientist can raise important questions about the nature and function of the scientific enterprise, questions not encountered in analyses of triumphant historical figures. Of course, this is not to say that continued study of highly influential figures such as Darwin and Freud will prove entirely unrewarding, but it is to suggest that new lessons may be learned by searching beyond their imposing historical shadows.
He studies the psychological and biological aspects of human memory and amnesia, emphasizing the distinction between conscious and nonconscious forms of memory, and the mechanisms involved in memory distortion and forgetting. Schacter has published over 200 scientific articles and chapters. His 1996 book, Searching for Memory, was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, one of Library Journal's Best Science and Technology Books of the Year, and received the William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association.
However, too many of the period's most creative minds have been neglected in the rush to study Darwin and Freud. Such figures are frequently given no more than cursory mention as background characters in studies principally concerned with the two great men. Fortunately, the light has begun to dawn, and some of the important thinkers obscured in the shadows cast by Darwin and Freud are now receiving appropriate credit for their unique contributions. The theories of James Mark Baldwin, the psychologist from Toronto, Princeton, and Johns Hopkins who promulgated important ideas in both psychology and evolutionary biology, have been brought to light in recent work (Broughton & Freeman-Moir, 1981; Ross & Kerst, 1978); the ideas of Wilhelm Fliess, long considered an ancillary curiosity to the Freud story, have received serious treatment in Sulloway's (1979) revealing book; and Gould's (1977) study has taken a long second look at the ideas of evolutionary biologists such as Haeckel, Alpheus Hyatt, and Edward Drinker Cope.
