Talk:Otto Selz

Latest comment: 4 years ago by StN in topic Selz's theory

Popper’s acknowledgement edit

I’m currently re-reading Karl Popper’s ‘intellectual autobiography’, Unended Quest, in which Popper in fact does acknowledge Selz’s influence. UnknownSage (talk) 18:04, 12 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

Death? edit

How did he die? Old age? Typhus? details please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.144.109.176 (talk) 22:11, 3 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Shortened profession edit

Was his profession shortened because the Jewish World Council declared war against Germany in 1933?

  • Is this some kind of pro-Nazi talking point? StN (talk) 06:24, 1 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Did he receive a pension? The NSDAP usually allowed dismissed Jewish academics a pension, unlike the allies who dismissed German academics without pensions after WW2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.144.109.176 (talk) 22:15, 3 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Selz's theory edit

Does this make sense?:

Otto Selz...formulated the first non-associationist theory of thinking.

Selz's ideas anticipated some major concepts in modern cognitive psychology, including the following: The unit of thought is the directed association. StN (talk) 06:29, 1 March 2020 (UTC)Reply