Carl Stumpf

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Carl Stumpf

Philosophy

#294

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Logic

#207

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Carl Stumpf's Degrees

• PhD Philosophy University of Göttingen

Why Is Carl Stumpf Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Carl Stumpf was a German philosopher, psychologist and musicologist. He is noted for founding the Berlin School of experimental psychology. He studied with Franz Brentano at the University of Würzburg before receiving his doctorate at the University of Göttingen in 1868. He also tutored the modernist literature writer Robert Musil at the University of Berlin, and worked with Hermann Lotze, who is famous for his work in perception, at Göttingen. Stumpf is known for his work on the psychology of tones. He had an important influence on his students Wolfgang Köhler and Kurt Koffka who were instrumental in the founding of Gestalt psychology as well as Kurt Lewin, who was also a part of the Gestalt group and was key in the establishment of experimental social psychology in America.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Carl Stumpf?

Carl Stumpf is affiliated with the following schools:

• Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
• Humboldt University of Berlin
• University of Göttingen
• Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• Charles University
• University of Würzburg