“The basis for Wundt’s initial discussion of the problem of introspection is provided by his insistence on the distinction between “self-observation” (Selbstbeobachtung) and “internal perception””

—  Kurt Danziger

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Source: "The history of introspection reconsidered." 1980, p. 224

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