ABSTRACT
In this chapter I shall give a summary of the thought psychology of the broader Würzburg school between 1900 and 1920. Existing accounts of the Würzburg school (e.g. Humphrey 1963; Mandler and Mandler 1964) mention only the studies by Marbe (1901), Ach (1905), Watt (1905), Messer (1906), Bühler (1907b, 1908c, 1908d), and Selz (1913). I have no quarrel with this selection; these were indeed the studies that aroused the most interest, both within and outside the school. These texts form the backbone of my own overview, too. Nevertheless, I have aimed here for a more complete account of the Würzburgers’ work. I thus have also included in my survey many Würzburg studies that did not attract wider attention.
