Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes. ... It is in the total conduct of men rather than in their statements that truth or falsehood lives, more in what a man does, in his real reaction to other men and to things, in his will to do them justice, to live at one with them. Here lies the inner connection between truth and justice. In the realm of behavior and action, the problem recurs as to the difference between piece and part.
Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes. ... It is in the total… - Max Wertheimer
Truth and falsity, indeed understanding, is not necessarily something purely intellectual, remote from feelings and attitudes. ... It is in the total…
- Max Wertheimer
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
It opposes the dogmatic application to all cases of what is adequate only for piecemeal aggregates. The question is whether an approach in piecemeal …
There are still psychologists who, in a basic misunderstanding, think that gestalt theory tends to underestimate the role of past experience. Gestalt… - Max Wertheimer
There are still psychologists who, in a basic misunderstanding, think that gestalt theory tends to underestimate the role of past experience. Gestalt…
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
Given a situation, a system with a Leerstelle [a gap], whether a given completion (Lueckenfuellung) does justice to the structure, is the "right" one…
Man is not only part of a field, but a part and member of his group. When people are together, as when they are at work, then the most unnatural beha… - Max Wertheimer
Man is not only part of a field, but a part and member of his group. When people are together, as when they are at work, then the most unnatural beha…
"Pieces" almost always appear 'as parts' in whole processes. ... To sever a "'part" from the organized whole in which it occurs-whether it itself be … - Max Wertheimer
"Pieces" almost always appear 'as parts' in whole processes. ... To sever a "'part" from the organized whole in which it occurs-whether it itself be …
Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements; proceeding in accordance with, and determined by, these r… - Max Wertheimer
Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements; proceeding in accordance with, and determined by, these r…
Science is rooted in the will to truth. With the will to truth it stands or falls. Lower the standard even slightly and science becomes diseased at t… - Max Wertheimer
Science is rooted in the will to truth. With the will to truth it stands or falls. Lower the standard even slightly and science becomes diseased at t…
Often, in great discovery the most important thing is that a certain question is found. - Max Wertheimer
Often, in great discovery the most important thing is that a certain question is found.
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