The study of a person's traits by deciphering the shape of the person's skull (phrenos: mind, head, as in schizophrenia; logy: the study of). It's a pseudoscience and has no scientific basis.
German physician Franz Joseph Gall first suggested the idea that different regions of the brain control different aspects of behavior in the late 18th century. His theory of phrenology proposed that specific mental functions were localized to distinct areas of the brain.
The evolutionary theory called the theory of acquired characteristics. The geocentric model. Spontaneous generation. Phrenology. The Ether (theorized medium for propagation of light). Aristotle's view of gravity. Newtonian mechanics (under relativistic conditions).
Nativists in the past have attempted to use pseudo-science to justify their beliefs in racial superiority and discrimination. They leaned on flawed concepts like eugenics and phrenology to support their views and promote policies aimed at restricting immigration and suppressing particular ethnic or racial groups. These misguided attempts to use science to justify discriminatory practices have been widely discredited and criticized by the scientific community.
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Silas Jones has written: 'Practical phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Practical phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology
George Combe has written: 'The Phrenologist's own book' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'On the functions of the cerebellum' -- subject(s): Cerebellum, Physiology, Phrenology 'Notes on the United States of North America' -- subject(s): Civilization, Description and travel, Phrenology 'Moral philosophy' -- subject(s): Ethics 'A system of phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Lectures on phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Constitution of man' -- subject(s): Phrenology, Man, Human beings, Psychology, Early works to 1850 'Moral Philosophy Or The Duties Of Man Considered In His Individual, Domestic And Social Capacities' 'Essays on phrenology' 'Lectures on popular education' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'Lectures on phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'What Should Secular Education Embrace?' 'Elements of phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Lectures on phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Lectures On Moral Philosophy' -- subject(s): Ethics 'Phrenological development of Robert Burns' -- subject(s): phrenology, head, skull, Phrenology 'On teaching physiology and its applications in common schools' -- subject(s): Study and teaching, Education, Physiology 'Essays on Phrenology: Or An Inquiry Into the Principles and Utility of the System of Drs. Gall ..' -- subject(s): Brain, Phrenology, Mental Disorders, Insanity 'A system of phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Elements of phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'The suppressed documents: or, an appeal to the public against the conductors of the Scottish Guardian' 'A system of phrenology ...' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'The constitution of man considered in relation to external objects' -- subject(s): Human beings, Phrenology 'Notes On The United States Of North America V2' 'Elements of phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Lectures on phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology
O. S. Fowler has written: 'Human Science Or Phrenology V2' 'Self-culture, and perfection of character' -- subject(s): Character, Popular works, Phrenology 'Matrimony, as taught by phrenology and physiology' -- subject(s): Sexual ethics, Marriage, Phrenology 'Self-culture, and perfection of character including the management of youth' -- subject(s): Hygiene, Physiology, Phrenology 'Education and self-improvement, founded on physiology and phrenology' -- subject(s): Education, Phrenology 'The illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology' -- subject(s): Phrenology, Physiology 'Phrenology proved, illustrated, and applied' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Phrenological controversy' 'Creative and sexual science, or, Manhood, womanhood, and their mutual interrelations' -- subject(s): Sexual ethics, Marriage, Phrenology 'The self-instructor in phrenology and physiology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Human science' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Phrenology proved' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Matrimony, or, Phrenology and physiology applied to the selection of congenial companions for life' -- subject(s): Phrenology, Marriage, Mate selection 'Hereditary descent' -- subject(s): Genetics, Popular Works, Hereditary Diseases, Phrenology 'Human Science Or Phrenology V1 (Mental Efficiency)' 'Physiology' 'Self-Culture And Perfection Of Character Including The Management Of Youth' 'Fowler's works on education and self-improvement, cultivation of the memory and intellect, on matrimony, hereditary descent, its laws and facts, natural religion, temperance and tight lacing' -- subject(s): Physiology, Phrenology 'Creative and sexual science' -- subject(s): Sexual ethics, Marriage, Phrenology 'Human science, or, Phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Life, [prospectus], its factors and improvement' 'Fowler's practical phrenology' -- subject(s): Phrenology
Why is phrenology considered a pseudoscience
the old pseudoscience was called phrenology
Phrenology is study of the bumps on a person's head.
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Phrenology
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Of or pertaining to phrenology.
Head shapes.
O.S Fowler has written: 'Phrenology proved, illustrated, and applied, accompanied by a chart..' -- subject(s): Phrenology 'Memory and intellectual improvement applied to self-education and juvenile instruction' -- subject(s): Phrenology, Memory, Self-culture