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David Premack

American psychologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1925 to 2015 · aged 90

David Premack was an American psychologist who was a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He was educated at the University of Minnesota when logical positivism was in full bloom. The departments of Psychology and Philosophy were closely allied.

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2015Died2004William James Fellow AwardAward1996George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive NeuroscienceAward1987International Prize by Fyssen FoundationAward1925Born26 October 1925

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Awards

William James Fellow Award2004
George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience1996
International Prize by Fyssen Foundation1987
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists

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Herbert Feigl, Wilfred Sellars, and Paul Meehl led the philosophy seminars, while Group Dynamics was led by Leon Festinger and Stanley Schachter.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2015 · aged 90

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