Fechner

[fekh-nuh r]

noun

Gus·tav The·o·dor

[goo s-tahf tey-aw-dawr] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/, 1801–87, German physicist, psychologist, and philosopher.

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Thank you very much for the photographs of Ludwig and Fechner.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1
William James
Weber, Fechner, and Fr have all devoted attention to this subject.
Tics and Their Treatment
Henry Meigne
Men like Paulsen and Wundt do not hesitate to call Fechner master.
Psychical Miscellanea
J. Arthur Hill
What comfort or peace, Fechner asks, can come from such a doctrine?
Nature Mysticism
J. Edward Mercer
One is reminded of Fechner's playful satire by the spectacle of those poets who ape angelic modes of progression.
Impressions And Comments
Havelock Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for fechner

Fechner

noun

Gustav Theodor (ˈɡʊstaf ˈteːodoːr). 1801–87, German physicist, philosopher, and psychologist, noted particularly for his work on psychophysics, Elemente der Psychophysik (1860)

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Fechner

[fĕk′nər, fĕKH′-]Gustav Theodor 1801-1887

German psychologist and physicist who studied the relationship between strength of stimulus and intensity of sensation, thereby founding psychophysics.