>>10979110>Was phrenology actually taken seriously at any point in history?Yes, phrenology was actually quite popular in Great Britain and USA when Spurzheim established the 35 so-called brain faculties in the late 1700s early 18s. It was utilized by parents for knowing which departments the child would be 'unefficient' in. A phrenologist could also tell a client about his or her weaksides and give career or love advice. This is obviously sensational to the ill informed pedestrian in the 1700s
To your last point.
Phrenology meant the downfall of the faculty psychology movement in spite of the fact that phreno differed from earlier psychology for this movement. When phrenology was tossed, so was the movement. Phreno was nothing but a weak jab at what we now call neuroscience, but you have to start somewhere, right?
