This chapter addresses the debates and presentations at a botanical competition held in 1794 at the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico, in which prominent students and professors participated. It highlights the focus ...

This chapter details the public botany exercises organized at the Royal and Pontifical University, where three bachelor's degree holders, under the direction of Don Vicente Cervantes, presented their knowledge and skills ...

This chapter analyzes the criticisms made by José de Alzate in his letter defending botany, in which he challenges Linnaeus's classification system. Alzate argues that simplifying botany through systematic methods complicates ...

This chapter presents a defense of Carl Linnaeus's botanical classification system in response to criticisms leveled by a contributor to the Gazette. The contributor, known as the Disciple, argues that Linnaeus's botanical ...

Cervantes' chapter "Letter in Defense of Botany" examines and defends Linnaeus's proposed botanical methodology against recent criticisms in the Gaceta Literaria. Cervantes argues that the systematization of botany not ...

The chapter "Accepting the Challenge of an Anonymous Man" presents a critical analysis of Linnaeus's system of classifying fossils and minerals. Through profound reflection, the author argues that, unlike the plant and ...