"Gestalt Holism: Inferences and Implications in Thomistic Philosophy Ch" by Richard W. Nichols
 

Date of Award

7-1968

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

First Advisor

Nick John Topetzes

Second Advisor

George F. Donovan

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is not to uncover reflections or vestiges of holistic thinking in Thomistic philosophy nor to discredit Gestalt Holism as simply a new approach to an old thought, but rather to show that functioning entities have always been throught of in relation to the whole construct. What Gestalt did was to clarify this position and to prove its existence. While no new and phenomenal variations will be offered, some pointed questions will be raised that this study has unearthed along with some applications that might stimulate new areas of thought. These provocations will be done in two main confines" that of theology and that of psychological counseling, and will then be subsequently left for those with more facile faculties to explore, piece together, prove, or disprove. With that brief introduction our attention is now turned to a review of the meaning of Gestalt Holism.

Comments

A THEORETICAL STUDY Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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