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University Empiricist Measured Herbart’s View Soul Rudolf Hermann

Front Rudolf Hermann Lotze - "the peacemaker"
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Training: studied at University of Leipzig – in medicine, philosophy, & physics. Faculty at Leipzig, then chair at U of Gottingen

Accomplishments:
Moderate empiricist (a peacemaker in Nativist Germany)
Philosophy: 
mechanistic theory of mind – nervous system carries action (via sensation) from the outside into the inner world (the soul)
inspired others to use the experimental method (though he did not collect or experiment with data)
inner states can only be measured qualitatively, not quantitatively (as per Herbart)
Greatest accomplishment to place his students in other university positions

Criticisms of others: disagreed with Herbart’s view of the soul as static & Herbart’s view that the soul can be measured

Criticized by others: n/a

Systems: Empiricist

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