George Croom Robertson
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George Croom Robertson was a 19th-century Scottish philosopher and academic known for his work in psychology and philosophy and for promoting empirical and scientific approaches to the study of mind.
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| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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academic → human → philosopher → psychologist → |
| birthDate |
1842-03-10
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| birthPlace |
Aberdeen
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Scotland → |
| burialPlace |
Highgate Cemetery
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| causeOfDeath |
illness
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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| dateOfPublication |
1873
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| deathDate |
1892-09-20
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| editorOf |
Mind
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| educatedAt |
University of Aberdeen
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University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Göttingen NERFINISHED → University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED → University of London NERFINISHED → |
| employer |
University College London
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| familyName |
Robertson
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| fieldOfWork |
logic
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philosophy → psychology → |
| genre |
philosophical writing
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psychological writing → |
| givenName |
George
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| influencedBy |
British empiricists
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Thomas Hobbes → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| mainInterest |
empirical study of mind
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philosophy of mind → psychology of perception → |
| movement |
associationist psychology
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empiricism → |
| name |
George Croom Robertson
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| nationality |
Scottish
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| notableIdea |
promotion of empirical and scientific approaches to the study of mind
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| notableWork |
Hobbes (Blackwood’s Philosophical Classics series)
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editor of Mind journal → |
| occupation |
journal editor
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university teacher → |
| positionHeld |
Grote Professor of Mind and Logic
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Professor of Mental Philosophy and Logic → |
| residence |
London
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| spouse |
Caroline Anna Croom Robertson
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| subjectOf |
biographical entries in philosophical reference works
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| workLocation |
London
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