Carl Stumpf Quotes
Carl Stumpf was a German philosopher, psychologist, and musicologist who taught for many years at Berlin and shaped a generation of phenomenological thought. A student of Brentano, he was the philosophical mentor of Edmund Husserl, the founder of the Berlin Phonogram Archive, and a teacher of the early Gestalt psychologists Koffka, Kohler, and Wertheimer. The quotes below are attributed to Carl Stumpf, organized by topic.
Carl Stumpf on Knowledge
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Attributed to Carl Stumpf:
“All knowing is grounded in immediate experience.”
Carl Stumpf on Mind
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Attributed to Carl Stumpf:
“The phenomena of consciousness are the proper objects of psychology.”
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Attributed to Carl Stumpf:
“The sounds of music are not in the air, but in our consciousness.”
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Attributed to Carl Stumpf:
“Brentano's intentionality is the threshold of philosophical psychology.”
Carl Stumpf on Truth
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Attributed to Carl Stumpf:
“Mathematical relations are discovered, not invented.”