Grove Karl Gilbert (August 22, 1895 – February 20, 1988) was an American psychologist and philosopher. He was a major figure in the field of functionalism, and wrote several influential books including The Quest for Reality: A Critical Examination of the Process Philosophy (1955). His most influential work in psychology is The Principles of Human Knowledge (1966). He was one of the founders of structuralism in psychology and is known for his contribution to the study of visual perception.
Knowledge of Nature is an account at bank, where each dividend is added to the principal and the interest is ever compounded; and hence it is that human progress, founded on natural knowledge, advances with ever increasing speed.Grove Karl Gilbert
The conflict of theories, leading, as it eventually must, to the survival of the fittest, is advantageous.Grove Karl Gilbert
