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Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801-1887) was a German physicist, psychologist, and philosopher, best known to historians of science as the founder of psychophysics, the experimental study of the relation between mental and physical processes. Michael Heidelberger's exhaustive exploration of Fechner's writings, in relation to current issues in the field, successfully reestablishes Fechner's place in the history and philosophy of science.

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An excellent Introduction to the life and work of Gustav Theodor Fechner, perhaps the major link between late Enlightenment science and philosophy and that of the early twentieth century. - Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences; From Fechner to Peirce and Freud - Heidelberger explains the context and influence of Fechner's ideas on indeterminism, self-organization, psychophysics, and freedom.... A highly informative and comprehensive book about one of the most original and uncompromising thinkers of the nineteenth century. - Gerd Gigerenzer, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

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Michael Heidelberger, professor of philosophy at the University of Tubingen, is the author of numerous works on the philosophy of science.

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