"Given a situation, a system with a Leerstelle……" — Max Wertheimer
"Given a situation, a system with a Leerstelle [a gap], whether a given completion (Lueckenfuellung) does justice to the structure, is the "right" one, is often determined by the structure of the system, the situation. There are requirements, structurally determined; there are possible in pure cases unambiguous decisions as to which completion does justice to the situation, which does not, which violates the requirements and the situation."
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Max Wertheimer
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10 Quotes by Max Wertheimer
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Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes. ... It is in…
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The basic thesis of gestalt theory might be formulated thus: there are contexts in which what is happening in the…
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"Pieces" almost always appear 'as parts' in whole processes. ... To sever a "'part" from the organized whole in which…
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There are wholes, the behavior of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes…
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It opposes the dogmatic application to all cases of what is adequate only for piecemeal aggregates. The question is whether…
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Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements; proceeding in accordance with, and determined by, these requirements; thereby…
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