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Mr. Madden on Gestalt Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher*
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9 Compass Green S.W., Washington, D. C.
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , October 1953 , pp. 327 - 328
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Copyright © 1953, The Williams & Wilkins Company

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Footnotes

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The writer acknowledges a debt to discussions on these matters with Dr. Paul Oppenheim.

References

2 Edward H. Madden, “The Philosophy of Science in Gestalt Theory,” Philosophy of Science, vol. 19 (1952), pp. 228–238.

3 It is germane to consider Ernest Nagel's statement that “at first blush, the sole issue that seems to be raised by organismic biology is that commonly discussed under the heading of ‘emergence’ in other branches of science.” (See p. 329 of his “Mechanistic Explanation and Organismic Biology,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 11 (1951), pp. 327–338.)

4 This definition is adapted from the definition of “emergence” given on p. 151 of C. G. Hempel and P. Oppenheim's “Studies in the Logic of Explanation,” Philosophy of Science, vol. 15 (1948), pp. 135–175.