According to _______________,attempting to grasp the nature of the mind through introspection is like trying to turn up the gas lights in order to see how the darkness looks.
A)William James
B)Wilhelm Wundt
C)Sigmund Freud
D)E.B.Titchener

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This quote is attributed to William James, an American philosopher and psychologist who is widely considered to be one of the founders of American psychology. James believed that introspection was an unreliable method for studying the mind, and instead advocated for a more empirical approach to psychology.

According to _______________,Attempting to Grasp the Nature of the Mind