<P> The concept of gestalt was first introduced in philosophy and psychology in 1890 by Christian von Ehrenfels ( a member of the School of Brentano ) . The idea of gestalt has its roots in theories by David Hume , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Immanuel Kant , David Hartley , and Ernst Mach . Max Wertheimer 's unique contribution was to insist that the `` gestalt '' is perceptually primary , defining the parts it was composed from , rather than being a secondary quality that emerges from those parts , as von Ehrenfels 's earlier Gestalt - Qualität had been . </P>
<P> The concept of gestalt was first introduced in philosophy and psychology in 1890 by Christian von Ehrenfels ( a member of the School of Brentano ) . The idea of gestalt has its roots in theories by David Hume , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Immanuel Kant , David Hartley , and Ernst Mach . Max Wertheimer 's unique contribution was to insist that the `` gestalt '' is perceptually primary , defining the parts it was composed from , rather than being a secondary quality that emerges from those parts , as von Ehrenfels 's earlier Gestalt - Qualität had been . </P>
when was the gestalt school of psychology founded
when was the gestalt school of psychology founded
1890
1890