Chris Mortensen (1998) Perceptual Cognition, Parts and Wholes
. Psycoloquy: 9(01) Part Whole Perception (2)
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Psycoloquy 9(01): Perceptual Cognition, Parts and Wholes
PERCEPTUAL COGNITION, PARTS AND WHOLES
Commentary on Latimer & Stevens on Part-Whole-Perception
Chris Mortensen
Department of Philosophy
The University of Adelaide
North Tce, SA 5005 Australia
cmortens@arts.adelaide.edu.au
Abstract
Latimer & Stevens (1997) make a persuasive case that
attending to the conceptual analysis of the part-whole relation
clarifies some of the issues surrounding perceptual gestalts.
Several disagreements are registered here. Their account of the
part-whole relation is stronger than they need to make their points
work.
Keywords
analytic versus holistic processing, emergence, feature
gestalt, global versus local precedence part, whole
References
- Latimer, C. & Stevens, C. (1997). Some remarks on wholes, parts and their perception. PSYCOLOQUY 8(13) part-whole-perception.1.latimer.
- Rescher, N. & Oppenheim, P.(1955) "Logical Analysis of Gestalt Concepts," British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 6 89-106
- Tarski, A. (1927) "Foundation of the Geometry of Solids" in A. Tarski "Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics," Oxford, The Clarendon Press, Pp 24-29.