汉弗莱·戴维：自恋研究？

IF 0.4 3区哲学 Q3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2018-09-20 DOI:10.1098/rsnr.2017.0055

G. Cantor

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摘要

根据Jan Golinski对Humphry Davy扮演各种社会角色的分析，本文试图通过确定其潜在的心理取向来为Davy的社会互动奠定基础。仔细阅读戴维自己的信件和同时代人对他的描述，可以发现他的行为的许多方面与心理学文献中描述的自恋人格密切相关。这种观点有助于我们更好地理解戴维生活的许多方面，包括他在1820年当选总统期间和之后与皇家学会的紧张关系，尤其是他在1816-1818年的行为，当时他与乔治·斯蒂芬森就矿工安全灯的发明发生了一场谩骂性的优先权纠纷。通过将戴维视为自恋者，我们可以将他行为中明显不同的方面统一起来。

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Humphry Davy: a study in narcissism?

Drawing on Jan Golinski's analysis of Humphry Davy's adoption of a variety of social roles, this paper seeks to ground Davy's social interactions by identifying his underlying psychological orientation. A close reading of Davy's own letters and the accounts of him given by his contemporaries suggest that many facets of his behaviour accord closely with those associated with a narcissistic personality, as described in the psychological literature. This perspective helps us understand better many aspects of Davy's life, including his fraught relationship with the Royal Society during and after his election to the presidency in 1820, and especially his conduct in 1816–1818, when he engaged in a vituperative priority dispute with George Stephenson over the invention of the miners' safety lamp. By viewing Davy as a narcissist we can unify apparently disparate aspects of his behaviour.

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学

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期刊介绍： Notes and Records is an international journal which publishes original research in the history of science, technology and medicine. In addition to publishing peer-reviewed research articles in all areas of the history of science, technology and medicine, Notes and Records welcomes other forms of contribution including: research notes elucidating recent archival discoveries (in the collections of the Royal Society and elsewhere); news of research projects and online and other resources of interest to historians; essay reviews, on material relating primarily to the history of the Royal Society; and recollections or autobiographical accounts written by Fellows and others recording important moments in science from the recent past.