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Oswald Külpe

German psychologist and philosopher
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Born:
August 3, 1862, Kandau, Courland, Russian Empire [now Kandava, Latvia]
Died:
December 30, 1915, Munich, Germany (aged 53)
Notable Works:
“Outlines of Psychology”
Subjects Of Study:
thought
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Oswald Külpe (born August 3, 1862, Kandau, Courland, Russian Empire [now Kandava, Latvia]—died December 30, 1915, Munich, Germany) was a German psychologist and philosopher regarded as the guiding force behind the experimental study of thought processes identified with the Würzburg school of psychology. Külpe’s early academic interests vacillated between history and psychology. After completing a dissertation on feeling for Wilhelm Wundt, the founder of experimental psychology, at the University of Leipzig (1887), Külpe spent eight years at the Leipzig laboratory. During most of that time he acted as Wundt’s assistant. In 1888 Külpe became Privatdozent (lecturer) at the university. He ...(100 of 218 words)

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