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What are the strengths and weaknesses of Gestalt psychology?

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I believe Gestalt's strengths is that they can explain ambiguous figures and fiction very well. On the other hand. Gestalt's weaknesses cannot explain several visual illusions such as the Müller-Lyer illusion.
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