Oswald Külpe (August 3, 1862–December 30, 1915) was one of the structural psychologists of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was influenced strongly by his mentor Wilhelm Wundt, but later disagreed with Wundt on the complexity of human consciousness that could be studied. is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about 1862 . ... is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (August 16, 1832-August 31, 1920) was a German psychologist, physiologist, and professor who is, along with William James, regarded as the father of psychology. ...

Külpe was a student of history at the University of Leipzig when he encountered Wundt and decided to change his major to work with Wundt. When he graduated he became Wundt's assistant. The University of Leipzig (German Universität Leipzig), located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony (former Kingdom of Saxony), Germany, is one of the oldest universities in Europe. ...

However, he became somewhat impatient with the strictures that Wundt had placed on what could and could not be studied and, after leaving Leipzig for Würzburg, he began to practice what he called systematic experimental introspection. His subjects would complete complex tasks and then provide a retrospective account of their cognitive processes during the task. [ recorded in this] The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. ... This article is about the psychological process of introspecting. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Cognition The term cognition is used in several different loosely related ways. ...

His main finding, known as "imageless thought" seemed to be that thoughts can occur without a particular sensory or imaginal content. Senses are the physiological methods of perception. ... A mental image is the representation of an idea in a persons mind. ...

Külpe left Würzburg in 1909. After three years at the University of Bonn, Kulpe moved to the University of Munich in 1912. The main building, viewed from the Hofgarten. ... With approximately 48,000 students, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. ...

Ernst Bloch and Henry J. Watt were among his pupils. Ernst Simon Bloch (IPA: , July 8, 1885 – August 4, 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher and atheist theologian. ...

Major works

• Grundriss der Psychologie (Outlines of Psychology), 1893.
• Die Realisierung (Realization) 3 volumes, 1912-23.