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Carl Stumpf Quotes on Knowledge

Carl Stumpf was a German philosopher, psychologist, and musicologist who taught for many years at Berlin and shaped a generation of phenomenological thought. This page collects quotes attributed to Carl Stumpf on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Carl Stumpf:

    “The phenomena of consciousness are the proper objects of psychology.”

  • Attributed to Carl Stumpf:

    “All knowing is grounded in immediate experience.”

  • Attributed to Carl Stumpf:

    “Mathematical relations are discovered, not invented.”

  • Attributed to Carl Stumpf:

    “Brentano's intentionality is the threshold of philosophical psychology.”