A Topology for Figural Ambiguity
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Thaddeus M. Cowan: A Topology for Figural Ambiguity. In: Bridges 2000. Pages 217–224
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A topology for figural ambiguity (braid theory) is proposed which describes figure-figure, figure-ground, and figure-ground-figure ambiguities with the defming relations of the topology. The power of the topology is demonstrated by the classification of ambiguities and the revelation of new ambiguous forms.
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