Edward Moffat Weyer
Edward Moffat Weyer (born October 1, 1872 in Portsmouth , Ohio - † March 18, 1964 ) was an American psychologist, educator and author. He was the father of Edward Moffat Weyer junior .
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Edward Moffat Weyer moved to St. Louis , Missouri with his parents when he was twelve, where he graduated from school and attended the University of Wisconsin . He also went to Yale for two years . From 1895 to 1899 he stayed in Germany to study philosophy, psychology, education and zoology at the University of Leipzig . This is also where his dissertation was written in 1898.
Moffat was Professor of Philosophy at Washington and Jefferson College , Dean and Chair of the Leslie Alexander Foust Faculty, and Administrative Secretary and Registrar at Washington and Lee University . Moffat's philosophy or psychology articles, including The Underlying Facts of Science or Euclid's Geometry, It is merely a Theory? (both 1911), were published in the Yale Review , Popular Science , School Science and Mathematics, and other popular science magazines. He retired in almost half a century in 1948, and no one had taught longer in the history of the university.
Works
- Time thresholds of similar and disparate sensory impressions , 1898
- A unit-concept of consciousness , 1910
literature
- Bert Thoms: Edward Moffat Weyer 1872-1964 In: Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, Vol. 38, (1964-1965), pp. 105-106
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weyer, Edward Moffat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychologist, educator, and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portsmouth , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1964 |