Self-Organisation in Perception the Case of Motion

摘要: Pragnanz is definitely a cardinal concept in Gestalt theory, but, as Kanizsa and I have stressed the last ten years (Kanizsa Luccio, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1995), it has nevertheless given rise to number of misunderstandings. The Gestaltists often been criticised for having turned into key open all doors, without ever strict definition. was introduced by Wertheimer (1912) his essays on thought processes primitive peoples which he speaks privileged, ausgezeichneten or “pragnant” zones numerical series. However, spoke “law Pragnanz” only two later, affirming that, amongst many “Gestalt laws” general type, there “Tendenz zum Zustandekommen einfacher Gestaltung (Gesetz zur ‘Pragnanz der Gestalt’) (Wertheimer, 1914).