Philosophic Foundations of Genetic Psychology and Gestalt Psychology
Gobar, Ash. Ed(S): Mays, Wolfe
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Paperback. Editor(s): Mays, Wolfe. Num Pages: 331 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
XVI Psychologists have, however, shown that what we are primarily aware of is not a succession of sense-data but figures-ground phenomena: Wittgenstein's ambiguous duck-rabbit is merely one such example. They have also drawn our attention to the existence of tertiary qualities in perception, such as 'symmetry' and 'elegance' which are just as directly given as are the perceived colours red, green or yellow. It is interesting to note that Merleau-Ponty has made considerable use of Gestalt ideas in his Phenomenology of Perception. One of the commonest reasons given by linguistic philosophers for not making direct use of the results of ... Read more
XVI Psychologists have, however, shown that what we are primarily aware of is not a succession of sense-data but figures-ground phenomena: Wittgenstein's ambiguous duck-rabbit is merely one such example. They have also drawn our attention to the existence of tertiary qualities in perception, such as 'symmetry' and 'elegance' which are just as directly given as are the perceived colours red, green or yellow. It is interesting to note that Merleau-Ponty has made considerable use of Gestalt ideas in his Phenomenology of Perception. One of the commonest reasons given by linguistic philosophers for not making direct use of the results of ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
331
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New
Number of Pages
331
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401502870
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V9789401502870
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