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Ideas of Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, by Text

[American, fl. 1955, ]

1955 Logical Analysis of Gestalt Concepts
p.90 p.334 A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure
     Full Idea: A whole must possess an attribute peculiar to and characteristic of it as a whole; there must be a characteristic relation of dependence between the parts; and the whole must have some structure which gives it characteristics.
     From: Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P (Logical Analysis of Gestalt Concepts [1955], p.90), quoted by Peter Simons - Parts 9.2
     A reaction: Simons says these are basically sensible conditions, and tries to fill them out. They seem a pretty good start, and I must resist the temptation to rush to borderline cases.