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Gestaltist

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Ge·stalt·ist  (g-shtältst, -shtôl-, -stäl-, -stôl-)
n.
An adherent or a practitioner of the principles of Gestalt psychology.
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This is an example of what the Gestaltists call ''closure'' the ability of the brain to fill in the blanks in order to complete a picture or in this case to tell a story.
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Included are the formulations of the Gestaltists, Pribram's holographic theory, John's statistical theory, Freeman's mass action theory, McFadden's CEMI (conscious electromagnetic information) field theory, Lehar's harmonic resonance theory, quantum field theories of mind, and Fourier theories.
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Instead, the common goal of his best work in both domains is, to my mind, that of deflecting cognition, of preventing us from forming any kind of Gestaltist synthesis.
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