ABSTRACT
The introductory observations as regards exegetical work, finds the present scholarly situation. On the one hand, virtually everyone with a modicum of familiarity with twentieth-century philosophy has heard of Wittgenstein's interest in the duck rabbit figure and is prepared to use, or listen to, phrases like "Wittgenstein's remarks on seeing-as" or "what Wittgenstein has taught us about aspect-perception". By contrast, seeing-in derives from a special perceptual capacity, which presupposes, but is something over and above, straightforward perception. And what Wittgenstein wishes to emphasize here is that we are not in a position to avoid using these paradoxical elements. In many cases the stories are prepared to tell in response to what we experience will involve baffling, as involving almost paradoxical or contradictory elements. Thus, paying attention to the words we are inclined to use in situations of seeing aspects may help us to arrive at a place Wollheim wants us to reach by way of his notion of seeing-in.
