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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 [h|H]ertz says: “Aber
offenbar irrt die Frage in Bezug auf die Antwort, welche sie
erwartet” (p.9, Einleitung,
Die Brinzipien 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. |