Gustav Fechner (1 janv. 1801 – 1 janv. 1889)

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German trained Physician, reputed Physicist, self-proclaimed Philosopher, and considered the first Experimental Psychologist

******October 22, 1850: Woke up and theorized that the mind and body can unite harmoniously, and with mathematical precision, by measuring psychological sensations and causal physical stimuli******

-Obsessed with finding a way to "defeat" materialism

-Systematic analysis of psychophysics

-Aimed to replace Nachtansicht (night view) with Tagesansicht (day view)

-Expanded Weber's research in his quest to study the effects of a light's brightness on visual experience

-Worked so hard using himself as a subject that he went blind from staring at the sun too often/long

-Created methods for determining thresholds:
1) Method of Limits
2) Method of Constant Stimuli
3) method of Adjustment

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