puzzel picture & factors of experiences

Question 1

Wittgenstein (puzzel pictures & ‘seeing-as’- Philosophical Investigation 1958; p.194)

Answer 1

Developed the concept of ‘seeing-as’.
We interpret our experience in a particular way.
Such as noticing someone on the street, the seeing may be interpreted correctly.
The examples of the duck/rabbit illusion or the woman/young girl picture depends on whichever way you look at it; your perception at a specific time.

Question 2

John Hick (‘experiencing-as’)

Answer 2

Developed Wittgenstein’s idea into a richer notion of ‘experiencing-as’.
Hick says the important thing here is that the world and everything in it can be experienced in different ways, even though the facts experienced are the same for the two - or more - experiences.
Such as two views on the same sunset or a film

Question 3

Vincent Brümmer (puzzel pictures)

Answer 3

He pointed out that the problem with the duck/rabbit picture is that it is neither, nor. It’s truly just a line drawing.
He notes that people want to go further than just to be content with saying they interpret an event religiously (or otherwise)

Question 4

Two main factors of an experience (human judgement)

Answer 4

1. the experience itself
2. the interpretation of that experience
   (in our daily lives we see things incorrect; we misjudge what we see, getting speeds and distances wrong. We experience a dream so vividly we do not realise that we were sleep)

Question 5

Thomas Hobbs (chapter 32, Leviathan)

Answer 5

Raised an interesting question by asking the difference between: ‘a man saying God spoke to him in a dream’, and ‘a man dreaming that God had spoken to him’.

Question 6

Betrand Russel (quote)

Answer 6

‘some people drink too much and see snakes, while others fast too much and see God’