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Early Life and Education
Kenneth Craik was an English philosopher. Craik was born on March 29, 1914. Kenneth Craik lived his life in Edinburg and went to study philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. In 1940, he then went on to receive his doctorate from Cambridge University. Kennth Craik came to be known as one of the first cognitive philosophers. -
First Book Published
Kenneth Craik published his first book in 1943. This book was called “The Nature of Explanation”. This book was based on the idea that people’s brains used events they have already experienced in order to try and predict how future events would turn out. Kenneth Craik was on of the very first philosophers that studied cognitive thinking. Craik, Kenneth J. W. The Nature of Explanation. Cambridge: University Press, 1952. Internet resource. -
Kenneth Craiks Hypothesis
The below video explains what Kenneth Craik was hypothesizing when he first introduced the idea of mental models. Kenneth Craik believed that every event in life the brain used to in turn be able to predict future situations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59FiBBrqZdg -
Kenneth Craik Director of Medical Research
In 1944, Kenneth Craik was appointed as the first director of the Medical Research Councils applied psychology unit in the Cambridge Department. -
End of Life
Kenneth Craik died tragically at the young age of 31. On May 7, 1945 he was riding his bicycle when a car struck him and Craik died the following day at the hospital.