Answer to Question #258896 in History for Kelsey Jand

Question

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Linnaeus, Blumenbach, and Camper were all men of faith. How did their religious beliefs shape their observations of the natural world? What other aspects of their identity may have influenced the way they viewed differences among humankind? The value they placed on the similarities among humankind?

Answer 1

As a devout Christian, Camper believed in monogenesis, the concept that all people had a common ancestor, even if he considered that certain cultures had strayed more from the Biblical ideal than others. As an Enlightenment thinker, Camper thought that the universe was governed by rules that could be discovered and visibly shown via reason and observation.