Arnheim R
Hist Psychol. 1998 Feb;1(1):21-6. doi: 10.1037/1093-4510.1.1.21.
This article presents an English translation (from the German) of one of gestalt psychology's most significant documents, first published in 1920 in Wolfgang Kohler's Die physischen Gestalten in Ruhe und im stationdren Zustand (The Physical Gestalten at Rest and in a Stationary State). The book it introduces both embodies Kohler's extension of gestalt theory into new domains and did much to ensure the broad impact of these ideas and approaches. This introduction itself well illustrates Kohler's own thought processes both as his ideas emerged and as he sought to convince his readers of their value. Despite the fact that they are more than 70 years old, Kohler's words have many implications for late 20th century discussions of the relationships among psychology, physiology, and physics.
本文呈现了格式塔心理学最重要文献之一的英文译本（译自德文），该文献于1920年首次发表在沃尔夫冈·苛勒的《静止和稳定状态下的物理格式塔》一书中。它所介绍的这本书既体现了苛勒将格式塔理论扩展到新领域，也为确保这些思想和方法产生广泛影响起到了很大作用。这篇引言本身很好地阐释了苛勒自己的思维过程，既包括他的思想是如何形成的，也包括他试图让读者相信这些思想的价值的过程。尽管这些文字已有70多年的历史，但苛勒的话对于20世纪后期关于心理学、生理学和物理学之间关系的讨论仍有诸多启示。
