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Psychology without a soul
pp. 17-46
Abstract
This chapter describes Edgar Rubin's education in philosophical psychology at the University of Copenhagen from 1904–1910. Here, he was taught by professors Kristian Kroman (1846–1925) and Harald Høffding (1843–1931). Both were representatives of the positivistic turn in Danish philosophy at the end of the nineteenth century. Psychology was a required subject for all first-year students at the University of Copenhagen. The chapter compares and contrasts the approaches of Høffding and Kroman to psychology. Both are broadly based on associationist principles, and yet they also reveal interesting differences. The chapter also deals in broad outline with some aspects of Danish intellectual life at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Published in:
Pind Jörgen (2014) Edgar Rubin and psychology in Denmark: figure and ground. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 17-46
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01062-5_2
Full citation:
Pind Jörgen (2014) Psychology without a soul, In: Edgar Rubin and psychology in Denmark, Dordrecht, Springer, 17–46.