Meumann

Meumann Ernst (Ernst Meimann, 1862-1915), one of the major scholars in the field of experimental psychology and pedagogy in Germany, a student of Wundt, professor at the University of Hamburg; he directed the laboratory of experimental psychology and pediatrics at the city auditorium; a representative of positivist-pedagogical eclecticism. In his person, the fascination with psychologism reached its culmination point. An intellectualist by nature, M. attempted to reconcile it with voluntarism. In his works, M. systematically reprocessed all the results of his own and others' research in the field of experimental pedagogy. He gave a complete and thorough justification for the old school by conducting an in-depth study of the child and the pedagogical process affecting him. In these matters, M. had a significant influence on the development of Russian pedagogical thought; all of M.'s major works have been translated into Russian and have not lost their relevance for the present day. M.'s main works: "Lectures on Experimental Pedagogy" (4th ed., vols. I-III, M., 1920); "Economy and Technique of Memory" (M., 1913); "Intellect and Will" (M., 1917); "Aesthetics" (M., 1919).