Recursive interpretation gives wrong picture
Recursive loops don't allow the background of the figure-ground structure to have independent properties; but a key property of Gestalt images is that their backgrounds are symbols in the own right. Hence, Gestalts are not recursively interpretable.
Joseph Rychlak (1991).

Note: also see the sidebar Postulates of the Dialectical Paradigm on Map 3.
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
No: computers can't understand images [5b] »No: computers can't understand images [5b]
Gestalt recognition is impossible for computers »Gestalt recognition is impossible for computers
Gestalt properties implemented recursively »Gestalt properties implemented recursively
Recursive interpretation gives wrong picture
Joseph F. Rychlak »Joseph F. Rychlak
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