Toccafondi (2002) Receptions, Readings and Interpretations of Gestaltpsychologie

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Author:

Toccafondi, Fiorenza (University of Parma)

JOURNAL:

Gestalt Theory - An International Multidisciplinary Journal, 24(3), 199 - 214.

YEAR:

2002

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

Critical analysis of the reception of Gestalt psychology and Gestalt theory by Hanson, Kuhn, Piaget, Merleau-Ponty, Popper, Nagel and Keiler.

DISCIPLINE:

Psychology

HTTP:

http://www.gestalttheory.net/archive/toccafondi.html

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-404-745 (Last edited on 2007/11/28 07:33:37 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
On reflection, one might become disoriented when following the image of Gestalt psychology in 20th century philosophical, epistemological, psychological and history of science literature. Gestaltpsychologie interpretations are varied, and at times diametrically opposed. One may find innatist, empiristic and idealistic interpretations. According to other readings, the Gestalt perspective was characterised by determinism, reductionism, cryptorealism and by a debasement of the subject’s role. Moreover, we may come across strained interpretations, accentuated to various degrees, with generic or metaphoric references and – in some cases – even historically incorrect. The aim of this essay is to offer a minimum selection, but sufficiently representative of the most significant transfigurations undergone by the Gestaltpsychologie of Wertheimer, Köhler and Koffka.

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