Wolfgang Kohler
Biographic Data
| ID | 4247467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wolfgang Kohler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wolfgang |
| FAMILY NAME | Kohler |
| SIGNATURE | KOHLER W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dartmouth College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7045-2799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1938 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Namensregister
The Cultural Migration: The European Scholar in America
The Task of Gestalt Psychology
The Mentality of Apes
Wolfgang Koehler demonstrated that chimpanzees could solve problems by applying insight. His research showed that the intellectual gap between humans and chimpanzees was much narrower than previously thought. The work was revolutionary when originally published in 1917 in German, but it was largely ignored for decades because it violated the conventional wisdom that animal behavior is simply the result of instinct or conditioning.
Gestalt psychology: An Introduction to New Concepts in Modern Psychology
Zerstort der Logische Empirismus die Praktische Rationalität: "Eine Erwiderung auf Beckermanns “Logischer Positivismus und radikale Gesellschaftsreform" und Hegselmanns ,Grenzen der wissenschaftlichen…
It will be argued that the basic theoretical assumptions of logical empiricism do not destroy the possibility of practical reasoning, because the noncognitivity of normative or evaluative statements still guarantees rational argument over practical questions and problems. Therefore, no logical inconsistency exists between logical empiricism, its noncognitivist meta-ethics and socialist politics. In particular, logical empiricism is not committed …
Logischer Empirismus und normative Entscheidungstheorie
Logical Empiricism, i.e. its noncognitivism, does not destroy practical rationality because it is compatible with a rational decision on normative questions by way of consequentialist reasoning according to decision theory. It is argued that the contention that Logical Empiricism destroys practical rationality is based on a confusion of a rational decision on normative questions with the interpretation of the meaning of the answers to these quest…
Intelligenzprüfungen an Menschenaffen: Mit einem Anhang zur Psychologie des Schimpansen
Die Aufgabe der Gestaltpsychologie
Intelligenzprüfungen an Menschenaffen: Zur Psychologie des Schimpansen
Gestalt psychology today
The present situation in brain physiology
The Place of Value in a World of Facts
Physical Gestalten
Physical Gestalten
The Place of Value in a World of Facts
The present situation in brain physiology
Gestalt psychology today
Intelligenzprüfungen an Menschenaffen: Zur Psychologie des Schimpansen
Die Aufgabe der Gestaltpsychologie
Intelligenzprüfungen an Menschenaffen: Mit einem Anhang zur Psychologie des Schimpansen
Zerstort der Logische Empirismus die Praktische Rationalität: "Eine Erwiderung auf Beckermanns “Logischer Positivismus und radikale Gesellschaftsreform" und Hegselmanns ,Grenzen der wissenschaftlichen…
It will be argued that the basic theoretical assumptions of logical empiricism do not destroy the possibility of practical reasoning, because the noncognitivity of normative or evaluative statements still guarantees rational argument over practical questions and problems. Therefore, no logical inconsistency exists between logical empiricism, its noncognitivist meta-ethics and socialist politics. In particular, logical empiricism is not committed …
Logischer Empirismus und normative Entscheidungstheorie
Logical Empiricism, i.e. its noncognitivism, does not destroy practical rationality because it is compatible with a rational decision on normative questions by way of consequentialist reasoning according to decision theory. It is argued that the contention that Logical Empiricism destroys practical rationality is based on a confusion of a rational decision on normative questions with the interpretation of the meaning of the answers to these quest…
Gestalt psychology: An Introduction to New Concepts in Modern Psychology
The Mentality of Apes
Wolfgang Koehler demonstrated that chimpanzees could solve problems by applying insight. His research showed that the intellectual gap between humans and chimpanzees was much narrower than previously thought. The work was revolutionary when originally published in 1917 in German, but it was largely ignored for decades because it violated the conventional wisdom that animal behavior is simply the result of instinct or conditioning.
The Cultural Migration: The European Scholar in America
The Task of Gestalt Psychology
Namensregister
Psychology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gestalt psychology (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Child Therapy and Development (2 works) · Criminal Law and Policy (2 works) · Digitalization, Law, and Regulation (2 works) · Empiricism (2 works)