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David Premack

David Premack (October 26, 1925 – June 11, 2015) 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. Herbert Feigl, Wilfred Sellars, and Paul Meehl led…

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Known for
Premack's principle Theory of mind Cognitive psychology
Education
University of Minnesota (PhD, 1955)
Born
(1925-10-26)26 October 1925 Aberdeen, South Dakota
Died
11 June 2015(2015-06-11) (aged 89) Santa Barbara, California
Fields
Experimental psychology, Comparative psychology, Cognitive psychology
Thesis
Influence of prior learning of one discrimination component on learning of the second component when the two components are presented in combination (1955)

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David Premack → 11 June 2015(2015-06-11) (aged 89) Santa Barbara, California
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David Premack → University of Minnesota (PhD, 1955)
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