Psychology’s task, then, is to explain how the various representations mutually resolve each other to attain maximal unity (Weiss 1928: 73). They do this in two ways. First, wherever there are several representations of the same kind, they “merge” into a single representational activity (“… Ein intensives Thun”, PsW: 171; Herbart 1811; Boudewijnse, et al. 1999: 170). On the other hand, if representations are of different or opposed kinds, they “inhibit” each other “quantitatively” (PsW: 129–30). Simply put, two representations present in consciousness may either resemble each other or not. If the former, then they will merge into one, stronger representation, and unity will be attained in this way. If they differ, then they will struggle against each other, each trying to negate the other as far as possible. In the latter case, the representing activity remains constant, its essential simplicity expressing itself in each representation’s endeavor to become the sole object of consciousness.