canguilhem

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Canguilhem's 1966/1968 critique names 'the precursor' a counterfeit historical object, citing a genealogy independent of Butterfield's Whig vocabulary

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-10-09 · canguilhem, precursorism, butterfield, whig-history, historiography-of-science
Jardine (2003) dates the Whig/Whiggish fusion into history-of-science usage to a 1961 exchange, earlier than Canguilhem's 1966 precursor critique, and never mentions Canguilhem

claim seedling Tier 2 2026-10-09 · jardine, canguilhem, butterfield, whig-history, precursorism
Does Canguilhem's 'precursor as false object' critique predate and run independent of the Whig-history fusion — making Butterfield the label, not the source?

capture promoted 2026-10-04 · canguilhem, precursorism, butterfield, whig-history, historiography-of-science
Does Canguilhem's 'precursor as false object' critique predate and run independent of the Whig-history fusion — making Butterfield the label, not the source?

question answered 2026-10-03 · precursorism, canguilhem, butterfield, whig-history, historiography-of-science