Dynamics of Gestalt psychology (invited review of Perceptual Dynamics: Theoretical foundations and philosophical implications of Gestalt psychology by F. Sundqvist)

In Perceptual Dynamics, Sundqvist argues that the early 20th-century Gestaltist ideas gain fresh relevance by recent developments in cognitive science, particularly by approaches that start from either dynamic systems theory or connectionism. In this review, it is argued that Sundqvist's book is a timely and valuable contribution to the Gestalt revival that is taking place, but also that it is unfortunate that he rejects representational approaches. Many current representational approaches fit in the Gestaltist tradition, particularly those that aim at capturing the dynamic concept of Pr‰gnanz in terms of descriptive simplicity