Alexander Bain ( born Alexander Bain ; June 11, 1818 , Aberdeen , Scotland - September 18, 1903 , ibid.) - Scottish philosopher , psychologist and teacher [1] .
| Alexander Ben | |
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| Alexander Bain | |
 Alexander Ben | |
| Date of Birth | June 11, 1818 |
| Place of Birth | Aberdeen , Scotland |
| Date of death | September 18, 1903 (aged 85) |
| A place of death | Aberdeen , Scotland |
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| Core interests | psychology , ethics , logic |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Major works
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
He worked as a weaver , at the age of 18 he entered college, where he studied mathematics , physics and natural philosophy. After graduation, he wrote technical articles for the Westminster Review . During this period, he met John Stuart Mill , whose ideas had a significant impact on him.
One of the main representatives of associative psychology. Founder of the magazine "Mind" (1876). In his research in the field of psychology and logic, he relies on an exact study of the natural sciences; Ben tried to figure out the nature of the inextricable link between mental phenomena and physiological processes; according to Ben, this connection is only a combination of some phenomena by others [2] .
Major works
- The Senses and the Intellect (1855)
- The Emotions and the Will (1859)
- Higher English Grammar (1863)
- An English Grammar (1863)
- Manual of Mental and Moral Science (1868)
- The Senses and the Intellect (1861; 1894)
- Logic (1870)
- Mind and Body ("International Scientific Series", 1872)
- Education as a Science ("International Scientific Series", 1879)
- Rhetoric (1887, 1888)
- On Teaching English (1888)
See also
- Psychophysical Concurrency
Notes
- ↑ Ben, Alexander // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- ↑ Ben, Alexander // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Alexander Bain - about Alexander Ben in the Stanford Philosophical Encyclopedia
- Ben A. "Education as a subject of science" ( Education as a Science , 1878)
- Ben A. Mind And Body: The Theories Of Their Relation , 1873 .