Edwin Holt
American professor of philosophy and psychology (1873–1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edwin Bissell Holt (/hoʊlt/; August 21, 1873 – January 25, 1946) was a professor of philosophy and psychology at Harvard from 1901–1918. From 1926–1936 he was a visiting professor of psychology at Princeton University.
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Born | (1873-08-21)August 21, 1873 Winchester, Massachusetts, United States |
Died | January 25, 1946(1946-01-25) (aged 72) Rockland, Maine, United States |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Known for | New realism |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Philosophy and psychology |
Institutions | Harvard University Princeton University |
Thesis | The motor element in vision (1901) |
Doctoral advisor | Hugo Münsterberg |
Other academic advisors | William James Josiah Royce |
Doctoral students | Harold H. Schlosberg Edward C. Tolman James J. Gibson |
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