Ludwik Fleck

(1896–1961) Biologist

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Ludwik Fleck was a biologist, best known for Entstehung und Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Tatsache.

Quick Facts About Ludwik Fleck

Born: July 11, 1896
Died: June 5, 1961
Profession: Biologist
Notable works: Entstehung und Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Tatsache

About Ludwik Fleck

Ludwik Fleck was a Polish and Israeli physician and biologist who did important work in epidemic typhus in Lwów, Poland, with Rudolf Weigl and in the 1930s developed the concepts of "Denkstil" and "Denkkollektiv".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Ludwik Fleck

“History cannot be logically constructed any more than a scientific event, if only because it involves the process of vague and indefinable…

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History

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The individual within the collective is never, or hardly ever, conscious of the prevailing thought style, which almost always exerts an absolutely…

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Collaboration

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The current state of knowledge remains vague when history is not considered, just as history remains vague without substantive knowledge about the…

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Currents

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“Once a structurally complete and closed system of opinions consisting of many details and relations has been formed, it offers enduring resistance…

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If we define 'thought collective' as a community of persons mutually exchanging ideas or maintaining intellectual interaction, we will find by implication…

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