Max Wertheimer vs. Karl Pearson
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Max Wertheimer
1880 – 1943
Max Wertheimer was a psychologist who was one of the three founders of Gestalt psychology, along with Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Köhler. He is known for his book Productive Thinking and for conceiving the phi phenomenon as part of his work in Gestalt psychology.
"Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes."
Karl Pearson
1857 – 1936
Karl Pearson was an English biostatistician and mathematician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. He founded the world's first university statistics department at University College London in 1911, and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics and meteorology.
"Wherever there is the slightest possibility for the human mind to know, there is a legitimate problem of science. Outside the field of actual knowledge can only…"
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