biography
pronunciation:
[vairthiymer]
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| (1880–1943)
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| biography:
| Psychologist and philosopher, born in Prague, Czech Republic. He studied law in Prague, then psychology at Berlin and Würzburg universities. In 1912 he conducted experiments in perception with Koffka and Köhler which led to the founding of the Gestalt school of psychology. He was professor at Berlin and Frankfurt, but left Germany for the USA in 1933 at the Nazi assumption of power, and taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City (1933–43). |
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