Konstantin Ramul (30 May 1879 – 11 February 1975) was an Estonian professor of psychology and longtime chair of psychology at the University of Tartu. He is best known for his work on the history of

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. Ramul believed that history is dependent upon psychology, though the philosopher of science Ernest Nagel criticized him for "not stat ngclearly the type of psychological investigation which is relevant to the historian's task" (Nagel 1934, pp. 599–600).

Selected publications

* Ramul, Konstantin. 1936. "Psychologie und Geschichte." ''Archiv für die gesamte Psychologie'' 95(1-2), pp. 1–14. * ———. 1960. "The Problem of Measurement in the Psychology of the Eighteenth Century." ''American Psychologist'' 15, pp. 256–265. * ———. 1974. ''Iz istorii psikhologii''. Tartu: Tartuskiĭ gos. universitet.

References

* Allik, Jüri. 1998. . ''Up-Date'' (Winter 1998-99), pp. 4–5. * Nagel, Ernest. 1934. "The Eighth International Congress of Philosophy." ''Journal of Philosophy'' 31(21), pp. 589–601.

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Introduction (in Estonian) and photo
1879 births 1975 deaths People from Kuressaare People from Kreis Ösel Eastern Orthodox Christians from Estonia Estonian psychologists Academic staff of the University of Tartu {{psychologist-stub