Natural History and History
Today’s forum on “The Contemporary Significance of Natural History” left me wanting more. It’s my fault that I asked my question too early at the beginning; later, when I wanted to say a few things of my own, there was no further chance. Hearing some classmates ask about natural history and anthropology, others mention history, and others ask what natural history is, I had a few associations. Natural history is not a single discipline, just as “experimental science” is not a specialized discipline, but rather a spirit, a tradition, a method, a way of thinking, an attitude, and so on. Advocating these features of natural history serves as a certain…
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