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Excerpt from Clever Hans (the Horse of Mr. Von Osten): A Contribution to Experimental Animal and Human Psychology
But the commission - which, by the way, did not give itself this name, since it had been delegated by no one undoubtedly had the right to formulate its problem as it saw fit, and this was carefully expressed at the begin ning Of its report as follows: The undersigned came together for the purpose Of investigating the question whether or not there is involved in the feats Of the horse of Mr. Von Osten anything of the nature Of tricks, that is, intentional in?uence or aid on the part Of the ques tioner. It was this preliminary question, and not whether or not the horse could think, which the com mission intended to answer. They proposed to act as a sort of court of honor for the two gentlemen who had been attacked. It is only in this light that even the raison d'?tre of this body can be understood; for a scientific commission composed Of thirteen men, pos sessed of varying degrees of scientific preparation, would have been an absurd travesty, and it will readily be seen why the two men, who had been attacked, should not be excluded, since it was they, and primarily Mr. Von Osten, upon whom the Observations were to be made.
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But the commission - which, by the way, did not give itself this name, since it had been delegated by no one undoubtedly had the right to formulate its problem as it saw fit, and this was carefully expressed at the begin ning Of its report as follows: The undersigned came together for the purpose Of investigating the question whether or not there is involved in the feats Of the horse of Mr. Von Osten anything of the nature Of tricks, that is, intentional in?uence or aid on the part Of the ques tioner. It was this preliminary question, and not whether or not the horse could think, which the com mission intended to answer. They proposed to act as a sort of court of honor for the two gentlemen who had been attacked. It is only in this light that even the raison d'?tre of this body can be understood; for a scientific commission composed Of thirteen men, pos sessed of varying degrees of scientific preparation, would have been an absurd travesty, and it will readily be seen why the two men, who had been attacked, should not be excluded, since it was they, and primarily Mr. Von Osten, upon whom the Observations were to be made.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Oskar Pfungst
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780266833574
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 287
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ISBN - 9781332471379
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 289
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