David Hartley's importance for philosophy lies in his Observations on Man, his Frame, his Duty, and his Expectations (1749), which includes the first fully worked-out presentation of an associationist theory of mind. It makes a suggestion as to the...

1705-1757 English Physician and Philosopher David Hartley was an English physician who developed an influential philosophy of thinking known as associationism. Hartley strove to explain how the mind and consciousness functioned; and he speculated that...

Hartley, David(1705–1757) David Hartley, the association psychologist and moral philosopher, was born in Luddenden, Halifax, England, and was educated at the Bradford grammar school and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was elected a fellow of Jesus...

For other persons of the same name, see David Hartley. David Hartley (June 21, 1705–August 28, 1757) was an English philosopher and founder of the Associationist school of psychology. if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var...

David Hall was first, last--and forever--a philosopher. And he was a very good one. As a philosopher, he was a self-confessed "pragmatist," where the defining characteristic of a pragmatist as he understood it is to become your best thoughts. And David had some...

At the turn of the 20th century, Midwestern timber barons were encouraged to invest their reputations and capital in Puget Sound's natural resources. Vast stands of virgin timber had opened up to logging through land granted to the railroads that now linked Port...