David Premack
David Premack | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 October 1926 |
| Died | 11 June 2015 (aged 88) |
| Education | University of Minnesota (PhD, 1955) |
| Known for | Premack's principle Theory of mind Cognitive psychology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Experimental psychology, Comparative psychology, Cognitive psychology |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Thesis | Influence of prior learning of one discrimination component on learning of the second component when the two components are presented in combination (1955) |
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 the philosophy seminars, while Group Dynamics was led by Leon Festinger and Stanley Schachter.