Konstantin Ramul (30 May 1879 – 11 February 1975) was an
Estonian
professor of
psychology and longtime chair of psychology at the
University of Tartu. He is best known for his work on the history of
experimental psychology
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.
Ramul believed that history is dependent upon psychology, though the philosopher of science
Ernest Nagel criticized him for "not stat
ngclearly the type of psychological investigation which is relevant to the historian's task" (Nagel 1934, pp. 599–600).
Selected publications
* Ramul, Konstantin. 1936. "Psychologie und Geschichte." ''Archiv für die gesamte Psychologie'' 95(1-2), pp. 1–14.
* ———. 1960. "The Problem of Measurement in the Psychology of the Eighteenth Century." ''American Psychologist'' 15, pp. 256–265.
* ———. 1974. ''Iz istorii psikhologii''. Tartu: Tartuskiĭ gos. universitet.
References
* Allik, Jüri. 1998. . ''Up-Date'' (Winter 1998-99), pp. 4–5.
* Nagel, Ernest. 1934. "The Eighth International Congress of Philosophy." ''Journal of Philosophy'' 31(21), pp. 589–601.
External links
Introduction (in Estonian) and photo
1879 births
1975 deaths
People from Kuressaare
People from Kreis Ösel
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Estonia
Estonian psychologists
Academic staff of the University of Tartu
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