Konstantin Ramul

Konstantin Ramul (30 May 1879 – 11 February 1975) was an Estonian professor of psychology and longtime chair of psychology at the University of Tartu. He is best known for his work on the history of experimental psychology.

Konstantin Ramul
Ramul, c. 1910s-1920s
Born(1879-05-30)30 May 1879
Kuressaare, Estonia
Died11 February 1975(1975-02-11) (aged 94)
Tartu, Estonia

Ramul believed that history is dependent upon psychology, though the philosopher of science Ernest Nagel criticized him for "not stat[ing] clearly the type of psychological investigation which is relevant to the historian's task" (Nagel 1934, pp. 599–600).

Selected publications
  • Ramul, Konstantin. 1936. "Psychologie und Geschichte." Archiv für die gesamte Psychologie 95(1-2), pp. 1–14.
  • ———. 1960. "The Problem of Measurement in the Psychology of the Eighteenth Century." American Psychologist 15, pp. 256–265.
  • ———. 1974. Iz istorii psikhologii. Tartu: Tartuskiĭ gos. universitet.

References
  • Allik, Jüri. 1998.""Psychology in Estonia"" (PDF). Archived from the original on October 26, 2004. Retrieved November 18, 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) . Up-Date (Winter 1998-99), pp. 4–5.
  • Nagel, Ernest. 1934. "The Eighth International Congress of Philosophy." Journal of Philosophy 31(21), pp. 589–601.


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