Fechner

He identified two factors that marked the development of philosophy during this period: the empty space left by the decline of speculative philosophy and of German idealism during the first half of the nineteenth century; and the remarkable development of psychology and the physiology of senses during the second half of this century, thanks to the works of physiologists and physicists such as Fechner, Weber, Hering and Helmholtz.

On A Trans-Atlantic Flight 2009

But Germany has furnished great individual workers, such as Fechner, Helmholtz, and

Cobwebs of Thought Arachne

The materialistic generation, that in the fifties and sixties called his speculations fantastic, had been replaced by one with greater liberty of imagination, and a Preyer, a Wundt, a Paulsen, and a Lasswitz could now speak of Fechner as their master.

A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy William James 1876

He formulated the rule known as Fechner’s, or Weber’s, law, that, within limits, the intensity of a sensation increases as the logarithm of the stimulus.

Feuerbach, Fechner, Freud, Fromm Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

He formulated the rule known as Fechner’s, or Weber’s, law, that, within limits, the intensity of a sensation increases as the logarithm of the stimulus.

Archive 2005-11-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

The scientist-philosopher Gustav Theodor Fechner was a fascinating guy.

Boing Boing 2009

What comfort, or peace, Fechner asks, can come from such a doctrine?

Boing Boing 2009

Here's a link to a page of Skrbina's book where he's discussing one of my favorite panpsychic philosophers, Gustav Theodor Fechner ... more about him below.

Boing Boing 2009

The original sin, according to Fechner, of both our popular and our scientific thinking, is our inveterate habit of regarding the spiritual not as the rule but as an exception in the midst of nature.

Boing Boing 2009

Ben had B&C scorer Chris Fechner green-score the rack, which grossed 230-5/8 "and netted 223-6/8".

Local Legend Falls 2008