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Last updated on November 25, 2024.

Edwin Garrigues (Garry) Boring was an American experimental psychologist, Professor of Psychology at Clark University and at Harvard University, who later became one of the first historians of psychology. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Boring as the 93rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with John Dewey, Amos Tversky, and Wilhelm Wundt.

October 23, 1886 - July 1, 1968

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The historical approach to understanding of scientific fact is what differentiates the scholar in science from the mere experimenter.

Edwin Boring

Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we may have a generation of professors whose duty it will be to disseminate information which they have not the time to acquire.

Edwin Boring

Half the time I read Hayek's The Sensory Order with amazement at the extent of his reading and comprehension. He is right most of the time.

Edwin Boring

Doing an experiment is not more important than writing.

Edwin Boring