I will try to elucidate this by an analogous case: We
are inclined to be puzzled by the three-dimensional appearance of
the drawing
in a way expressed by the
question, “What does seeing it three-dimensionally
consist in?”
And this question really asks, “What is it that is added
to simply seeing the drawing when we see it three
dimensionally?”
And yet what answer can we expect to this question?
It is the form of this question which produces the puzzlement.
As
Hertz says: “Aber
offenbar irrt die Frage in Bezug auf die Antwort, welche sie
erwartet” (p.9, Einleitung,
Die Prinzipien der
Mechanik).
The question itself keeps the mind pressing against a blank wall,
thereby preventing it from ever finding the outlet.
To show a man how to get out you have first of all to free him from
the misleading influence of the question.