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Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801-1887) was a German physicist, psychologist, and philosopher, best known to historians of science as the founder of psychophysics (the experimental study of the relation between mental and physical processes) and the grandfather of experimental psychology. Reconciling empiricism and naturalism with a new kind of scientific rationality, he softened the distinctions demarcating philosophy of nature, reflection on science, and ultimately, science itself. Historically, Fechner's work marks a significant bridge between German idealism and twentiethcentury logical empiricism, as well as other related scientific movements.In Nature from Within, Michael Heidelberger examines Fechner and his work from three perspectives: history, philosophy, and what Fechner called his "day view" approach to study across fields. Along with biographical information and a characterization of Fechner's writings, Heidelberger begins by describing Fechner's background with respect to intellectual history. He then focuses on Fechner's philosophy of science and on the philosopher's efforts to demonstrate that science could accept the identity of the psychical and the physical in an empi

Author

Michael Heidelberger

Publisher

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822942108

Subjects

Memoir, Philosophy, Science