Marcel Foucault (1865–1947) was a French philosopher and psychologist. Marcel Foucault was

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of philosophy at the

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. In 1906 he founded a laboratory of experimental psychology at the university.Jean-Luc Rollin, ''Psychologie cognitive'', p. 34.

Works

*''Ls psycho-physique'', F. Alcan, 1901 *''Observations et experiences de Psychologie scolaire'', 1910 *''L'illusion paradoxale et le seuil de Weber'', Montpellier: Coulet et fils, 1910 *''Cours de psychologie'', F. Alcan, 1926

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1865 births 1947 deaths French psychologists French philosophers Academic staff of the University of Montpellier French male non-fiction writers {{France-academic-bio-stub