In seeing one thing (the dot above) we are required to see two things — the dot and the space around it, without which the dot would not be perceptible. To see two things we need to see three, and so on. To perceive objects in the world (visually at least) we must enter an automatic state of contradiction in which we detect both the thing and what it is not, simultaneously and separately.
Tuesday 29 April 2008
Seeing one thing
In seeing one thing (the dot above) we are required to see two things — the dot and the space around it, without which the dot would not be perceptible. To see two things we need to see three, and so on. To perceive objects in the world (visually at least) we must enter an automatic state of contradiction in which we detect both the thing and what it is not, simultaneously and separately.
