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Gustav Theodor Fechner

Gustav Fechner
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Born Gustav Theodor Fechner
(1801-04-19)19 April 1801
Groß Särchen (near Muskau), Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died 18 November 1887(1887-11-18) (aged 86)
Leipzig, Saxony
Nationality German
Fields Psychology
Alma mater Medizinische Akademie Carl Gustav Carus ()
Leipzig University (PhD, 1835)
Thesis De variis intensitatem vis Galvanicae metiendi methodis (1835)
Influenced Gerardus Heymans
Wilhelm Wundt
William James
Alfred North Whitehead
Charles Hartshorne
Ernest Weber

Gustav Theodor Fechner (/ˈfɛxnər/; German: [ˈfɛçnɐ]; 19 April 1801 – 18 November 1887), was a German philosopher, physicist and experimental psychologist. An early pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics, he inspired many 20th century scientists and philosophers. He is also credited with demonstrating the non-linear relationship between psychological sensation and the physical intensity of a stimulus via the formula: , which became known as the Weber–Fechner law.

Fechner was born at Groß Särchen, near Muskau, in Lower Lusatia, where his father was a pastor. Despite being raised by his religious father, Fechner became an atheist in later life. He was educated first at Sorau (now Żary in Western Poland).


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