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Revisiting Wittgenstein on Köhler and Gestalt psychology

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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
162 KB
Volume
44
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-5061

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Abstract

In an article in this journal, Nicholas Pastore rejected Ludwig Wittgenstein's critique of Wolfgang Köhler and Gestalt psychology. Pastore appears not to have appreciated Wittgenstein's argument that Köhler mistook conceptual questions for factual ones. A simi‐lar confusion seems to underlie at least some aspects of contemporary neuroscience. Be that as it may, Wittgenstein has had minimal influence on the research practices of psychologists while Köhler remains influential. This outcome would not have surprised Wittgenstein, who predicted that scientists would not see his work as relevant to theirs. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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