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Also known as Friedrich Carl Stumpf

German philosopher (1848–1936)

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Carl Stumpf, born in Wiesentheid on 21 April 1848, was a German philosopher, psychologist, musicologist and music theorist. He studied at the University of Göttingen under Franz Brentano and Hermann Lotze, the latter also his doctoral advisor, and was influenced by Bernard Bolzano. He worked in Munich and held posts at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the University of Würzburg, the University of Göttingen and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

Stumpf was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. His doctoral students included Edmund Husserl, Wolfgang Köhler, Kurt Zadek Lewin and Eduard Spranger, and he also taught Erich Rothacker and Hans Cornelius. He died in Berlin on 25 December 1936.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1848
Died
1936
Works
42

Top works

  • Abhandlungen zur vergleichenden Musikwissenschaft
  • Tafeln zur Geschichte der Philosophie
  • Zur Einteilung der Wissenschaften
  • Die Anfänge der Musik
  • Tafeln zur geschichte der philosophie, graphische darstellung der lebenszeiten seit Thales, und übersicht der literatur seit 1440

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1958-02-01
Active to
2023-07-28
ebmelectronicelectropunkndwneue deutsche welle

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
21
Total plays
42

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Key facts

Born
21 April 1848, Wiesentheid , Kingdom of Bavaria
Died
25 December 1936 (1936-12-25) (aged 88), Berlin, Germany
Education
University of Göttingen , (Dr. phil., 1868; Dr. phil. hab., 1870)
Theses
Verhältniß des Platonischen Gottes zur Idee des Guten (The Relation of the Platonic God to the Idea of the Good (1868) Über die Grundsätze der Mathematik (On the Principles of Mathematics) (1870)
Doctoral advisor
Hermann Lotze (doctoral and habilitation adv.)
Other advisor
Franz Brentano
Era
20th-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
School of Brentano (early), Berlin School of experimental psychology , Phenomenology
Doctoral students
Edmund Husserl , Wolfgang Köhler , Kurt Lewin
Notable students
Aron Gurwitsch
Main interests
Ontology , Psychology

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Carl
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Wiesentheid
Place of death
Berlin
Languages spoken
German
Doctoral advisor
Hermann Lotze
Student of
Hermann Lotze
Image
Carlstumpf.jpg
Work location
Munich
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date of birth
1848-04-21
date of death
1936-12-25
influenced by
Bernard Bolzano
Commons category
Carl Stumpf
name in native language
Carl Stumpf
writing language
German
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview

Carl Stumpf ( German: [ʃtʊmpf]; 21 April 1848 – 25 December 1936) was a German philosopher, psychologist and musicologist. He is noted for founding the Berlin School of experimental psychology.

He studied with Franz Brentano at the University of Würzburg before receiving his doctorate at the University of Göttingen in 1868. He also tutored the modernist literature writer Robert Musil at the University of Berlin, and worked with Hermann Lotze, who is famous for his work in perception, at Göttingen. Stumpf is known for his work on the psychology of tones. He had an important influence on his students Wolfgang Köhler and Kurt Koffka who were instrumental in the founding of Gestalt psychology as well as Kurt Lewin, who was also a part of the Gestalt group and was key in the establishment of experimental social psychology in America.

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