1. Another important scholar was Luigi Ferrarese, the leading Italian phrenologist . 2. Phrenologists relied on cranioscopic readings of the skull to find organ locations.3. In response the phrenologists downplayed Descartes contributions rather than reject their theory. 4. Phrenologists rejected supernatural explanations and stressed the modularity of mind.5. Also for volcanologists, herpetologists, cosmetologists and phrenologists . 6. Watson was unusual among the phrenologists in explicitly disavowing phrenology in later life. 7. Watson was unusual amongst phrenologists in explicitly disavowing phrenological ideas in later life. 8. He was also a disciple of the phrenologist George Combe ( 1788 1858 ). 9. Epps was influenced not only by continental phrenologists . 10. Phrenologists believed the head revealed natural tendencies but not absolute limitations or strengths of character.
