2013
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-59702013005000011
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Quetelet, el hombre medio y el saber médico

Abstract: Analizo, a partir de dos libros de Adolphe Quetelet, su teoría del 'hombre medio' o que permite asociar la normalidad biológica y social a la frecuencia de aparición de determinadas características poblacionales. Los libros son:Sur l'homme et le développement de ses facultés yDu systeme social et des lois qui le régissent. Ambos muestran que las ideas de Quetelet están atravesadas por estrategias explicativas próximas a la física y a la astronomía, y también por estrategias discursivas próximas a la teología y… Show more

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“…The ability to reconstruct 'truth' from data led to wild extrapolations of statistical methods into other fields. The 19 th century Belgian astronomer Adolphe Quetelet, with his "average man", hypothesised that human individuals were imperfect renditions of God's will, that the perfect human was in fact the average of all humans (e.g., average height and weight), and that individuals who were closer to this average were, in some senses, more perfect [7,11,35]. Quetelet's ideas were among the scientific rationales that fuelled the eugenics movement.…”
Section: Machines Of Flesh and Blood: Ai Commoditizes Knowledge Work ...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The ability to reconstruct 'truth' from data led to wild extrapolations of statistical methods into other fields. The 19 th century Belgian astronomer Adolphe Quetelet, with his "average man", hypothesised that human individuals were imperfect renditions of God's will, that the perfect human was in fact the average of all humans (e.g., average height and weight), and that individuals who were closer to this average were, in some senses, more perfect [7,11,35]. Quetelet's ideas were among the scientific rationales that fuelled the eugenics movement.…”
Section: Machines Of Flesh and Blood: Ai Commoditizes Knowledge Work ...mentioning
confidence: 99%