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Wilhelm Wundt Quotes

Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt was a German physiologist, psychologist, and philosopher and the principal founder of experimental psychology. In 1879 he opened the first formal laboratory of psychological experimentation, at Leipzig, training a generation of researchers from Europe and the United States. The quotes below are attributed to Wilhelm Wundt, organized by topic.

Wilhelm Wundt on Mind

  • Attributed to Wilhelm Wundt:

    “Psychology is the science of immediate experience.”

  • Attributed to Wilhelm Wundt:

    “Mind is not a thing but a process.”

  • Attributed to Wilhelm Wundt:

    “Voluntary attention is the foundation of mental life.”

  • Attributed to Wilhelm Wundt:

    “Folk psychology is the study of the higher mental products of communities.”

  • Attributed to Wilhelm Wundt:

    “All inner experience is a process; nothing in the mind is at rest.”

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