Carl Stumpf

Carl Stumpf
Carl Stumpf.
Born	21 April 1848 Wiesentheid
Died	25 December 1936 Berlin
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Phenomenology
Influences Franz Brentano, Bernard Bolzano
Influenced Kurt Lewin, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Köhler

Carl Stumpf (21 April 1848 – 25 December 1936) was a German philosopher and psychologist. He is known for his impact on phenomenology, one of the most important philosophical trends of the twentieth century.

He had an important influence on Edmund Husserl, the founder of modern phenomenology, as well as Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler and Kurt Koffka, co-founders of Gestalt psychology.

Stumpf was also one of the pioneers of musicology and ethnomusicology. He held positions in the philosophy departments at the Universities of Göttingen, Würzburg, Prague, Munich and Halle, before obtaining a chair (professorship) at the University of Berlin.^[1]

1. ↑ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.