Kurt Koffka
Kurt Koffka · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Co-founder of Gestalt psychology
1886, Berlin, Germany — 1941, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
Germany · United States
Kurt Koffka is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Co-founder of Gestalt psychology
Koffka was, with Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Köhler, a co-founder of Gestalt psychology, and he introduced its ideas to the English-speaking world in 'Principles of Gestalt Psychology' (1935). He was born in Berlin and was of partial Jewish descent through his mother, though the family was Protestant; he built his later career in the United States.
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Co-founder of Gestalt psychology
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Philosophy
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