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Kurt Koffka
(18 Mar 1886 - 22 Nov 1941)
German-American psychologist who co-founded and became the most influential spokesman for the Gestalt school of psychology. He applied it to child development, learning, memory and emotion.
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Science Quotes by Kurt Koffka (1 quote)
Psychology is a very unsatisfactory science.
— Kurt Koffka
In Principles Of Gestalt Psychology (1935), 22. Note: the same statement appears as an epigraph, attributed to Wolfgang Köhler, in Francis Crick, The Astonishing Hypothesis: the Scientific Search for the Soul (1995), 71. In turn, this source has been cited in works by others, also attributing the quote to Köhler. Perhaps that is a mis-attribution, or if stated by Köhler, he may have only echoed Koffka. Contact Webmaster if you know a primary source by Köhler that predates Koffka.
See also:
- 18 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Koffka's birth.
- Kurt Koffka: An Unwitting Self-Portrait, by Molly Harrower. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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