The enigmatic frog and exploratory experiments: from Galvani’s early studies to his theory of animal electricity
Luigi Galvani’s electrical researches, which culminated in the formulation of the animal electricity theory and then gave rise to one of the most emblematic controversies in the history of science, between Galvani and Alessandro Volta, show a fruitful relationship between hypotheses and experiments....
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência (SBHC) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br:article/44 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/44 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Luigi Galvani eletricidade animal experientia literata experimentação exploratória ensino animal electricity exploratory experimentation education |
| Sumario: | Luigi Galvani’s electrical researches, which culminated in the formulation of the animal electricity theory and then gave rise to one of the most emblematic controversies in the history of science, between Galvani and Alessandro Volta, show a fruitful relationship between hypotheses and experiments. This article seeks to contextualize Galvani’s initial studies by linking his experiments with the Baconian idea of experientia literata and, above all, with the conception of exploratory experimentation from Friedrich Steinle’s perspective. In the end, it presents some implications of this historical-philosophical rescue for an education about science. |
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