Edgar Rubin and Psychology in Denmark Figure and Ground /
Is it a glass centerpiece--or is it really two faces? The familiar optical illusion known as the Rubin Vase embodies the complexities of the brain's recognition of visual figures and backgrounds. Its creator's accomplishments, however, extend far beyond this well-known concept. Edgar Rubin...
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| Language: | English |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Series: | History and Philosophy of Psychology,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01062-5 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Growing up in Copenhagen
- Copenhagen, 1833
- Jews in Denmark
- Family and early years
- Education
- Gazing into the heavenly light
- 2. Psychology without a soul
- The lure of metaphysical longings
- A bon papa sort of man
- A quality of familiarity
- Food for thought
- Tutorials in the Philosophical Factory
- 3. Apprentice in Lehman's Laboratory
- The psychologist dares not experiment on the soul
- The intrepid experimenter
- Aristotle and Socrates in Copenhagen
- Ekliptika
- Paradoxical warmth
- Magister artium
- 4. Triumph and tragedy in academia
- Sympathetic understanding
- Purgatory in Göttingen
- Høffding’s last lecture
- Rubin's revolution in perception
- The boat of my soul staggers
- Høffding’s successor
- 5. Philosopher or psychologist
- Competing for a professorate
- The metaphysician in overalls
- Lehmann's successor
- The end of an era
- Drawn unto the Gestalt bandwagon
- 6. The aspective psychologist
- Explorations in the human sensorium
- An old-fashioned introspectionist
- Playing the part of your bad conscience
- Popularizing psychology
- Pest over Europe
- A taste for England
- Aspective Psychology
- Occupation, arrest, and the flight to Sweden
- 7. Final years and legacy
- The return from Sweden
- Remembering Rubin
- Rubin and Bohr
- The consummate observer
- Rubin's vase.