title: On the gestalt concept.
abstract: We define a gestalt as the invariants of a collection of patterns that can mutually be transformed into each other through a class of transformations encoded by, or conversely, determining that gestalt. The class of these transformations needs to satisfy structural regularities like the ones of the mathematical structure of a group. This makes an analysis of a gestalt possible in terms of relations between its representing patterns. While the gestalt concept has its origins in cognitive psychology, it has also important implications for morphology.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Insitut für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Berggasse 7, 07745 Jena, Germany. olaf.breidbach@uni-jena.de
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Breidbach
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jost
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003210:Concept Formation; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005863:Gestalt Theory; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010465:Perception; D011582:Psychological Theory