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| Rabbit-duck-head: Example of a form which can be perceived in different ways and thus allows different interpretations. According to Wittgenstein this leads to a distinction between the mental image that has the property of ambiguity and the physical image that does not have this property. (H. Putnam, Von einem realistischen Standpunkt, (German) Frankfurt 1993 p. 178f). See also ambiguity, perspective, seeing, seeing-as, knowledge, perception, sensations._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Ludwig Wittgenstein on Rabbit-Duck-Head - Dictionary of Arguments
VI 205 Rabbit-Duck-Illusion/Seeing Aspects/Wittgenstein/Schulte: even with a picture puzzle we always "see" the same. But there are probably also different ways. > Interpretation, > seeing. Seeing is not an act but a condition. Introspection does not help change the shape. >Introspektion. Rabbit-Duck-Head/Seeing Aspects/Picture Puzzle/Wittgenstein/Schulte: even with a picture puzzle we "see" the same thing, for example the same tree, until we discover the thief in the foliage. VI 206 Am I seeing something else now, or am I just interpreting what I see in different ways? I am inclined to say the former, but why? Interpreting: is action! Seeing: is no action, but a condition! (BPP § 1). Introspection does not help when changing shapes. VI 207 The aspect is not something that needs to be hidden away from the communication. >Deception, >Seeing._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
W II L. Wittgenstein Wittgenstein’s Lectures 1930-32, from the notes of John King and Desmond Lee, Oxford 1980 German Edition: Vorlesungen 1930-35 Frankfurt 1989 W III L. Wittgenstein The Blue and Brown Books (BB), Oxford 1958 German Edition: Das Blaue Buch - Eine Philosophische Betrachtung Frankfurt 1984 W IV L. Wittgenstein Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (TLP), 1922, C.K. Ogden (trans.), London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Originally published as “Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung”, in Annalen der Naturphilosophische, XIV (3/4), 1921. German Edition: Tractatus logico-philosophicus Frankfurt/M 1960 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16