Müller, Johannes

Nicholas Wade

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Müller, Johannes

Nicholas Wade

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Johannes Müller (1801–58) formulated the doctrine of specific nerve energies to account for the qualitative differences in experience provided by the senses. It states that we are not directly aware of external objects, but only of the activity of our nerves, and that the nerves for the special senses can each yield only a particular experience. Müller placed great emphasis on observation and thoroughness in conducting empirical research and attracted the ablest students to Berlin. His students ultimately overturned the vitalism that Müller himself continued to believe in.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences
Editors	Michael J. Aminoff, Robert B. Daroff
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Academic Press
Pages	139
Number of pages	1
Volume	4
Edition	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780123851581, 9780123851574
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385157-4.00964-7
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2014

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