There are still psychologists who, in a basic misunderstanding, think that gestalt theory tends to underestimate the role of past experience. Gestalt theory tries to differentiate between and-summative aggregates, on the one hand, and gestalten, structures, on the other, both… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
It opposes the dogmatic application to all cases of what is adequate only for piecemeal aggregates. The question is whether an approach in piecemeal terms, through blind connections, is or is not adequate to interpret actual thought processes and the… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
Given a situation, a system with a Leerstelle [a gap], whether a given completion (Lueckenfuellung) does justice to the structure, is the "right" one,… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements; proceeding in accordance with, and determined by, these requirements; thereby changing the situation in… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
Science is rooted in the will to truth. With the will to truth it stands or falls. Lower the standard even slightly and science… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
There are wholes, the behavior of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determined by… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
The basic thesis of gestalt theory might be formulated thus: there are contexts in which what is happening in the whole cannot be deduced… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes. ... It is in the total conduct of… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
"Pieces" almost always appear 'as parts' in whole processes. ... To sever a "'part" from the organized whole in which it occurs-whether it itself… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
Often, in great discovery the most important thing is that a certain question is found. — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
There are still psychologists who, in a basic misunderstanding, think that gestalt theory tends to underestimate the role of past experience. Gestalt theory tries… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
It opposes the dogmatic application to all cases of what is adequate only for piecemeal aggregates. The question is whether an approach in piecemeal… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
Man is not only part of a field, but a part and member of his group. When people are together, as when they are… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
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