PSYC85H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Wilhelm Wundt, Chris Tomlin, Experimental Psychology
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So they emphasized going from the plurality to the unity. John locke gave the impression that the outer sense was separate from the power of reflection: german rationalists set the unity first and left to others the task of showing how this unity occurred. Head full of ping pong balls that are organized. You have an emotional reaction when you meet someone: they feel right or not right and this is all spontaneous, they also emphasized the spontaneity of the mind or soul. The work of the mind was something more than a mere arranging, sorting, and associating of the given; it was essentially productive, creative, and freely active. A. british empiricism = cause and effect: analytical. B. german rationalism and romanticism part/whole relations: holistic. Gottfried leibniz (1646-1716: born in leipzig during the 30 years war which ended in 1648. Germany was at its lowest ebb of prosperity and culture.
