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GESTALT
(1) A structure, configuration, or pattern of
physical, biological, sociological, or psychological phenomena so
integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties not
derivable from its parts in summation. This German word is
considered by many system thinkers (e.g., von Bertalanffy,
Angyal) to convey more accurately the concept of organized wholes
than the word system. (Steven Rogers) (2) The organized
structure or pattern that makes up all of a person's experience
of some system. This integrated view is more than the sum of the
individual elements by which the field can be described.
(Iberall)
A configuration, originally limited to visual forms, or a pattern which is seen as a whole unity. The nearest English equivalent to this German word is whole. The concept has given rise to various theories of perception and learning, educational philosophies and schools of thought, e.g., gestalt psychology, general systems theory and holism. (Krippendorff)
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