Theories of Perception and the Concept of Structure [Book Review]

Review of Metaphysics 9 (1):156-156 (1955)
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A comprehensive and rather technical critical summary of psychological theories of perception. The notion of "dynamic structure" underlies the critical discussion and serves, in the final chapter, as the central concept in a general theory of behavior.--R. H.

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