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Do you see what I see?
By Steve Hoggins
This is based on an unattributed drawing from the 23 October 1892 issue of Fliegende Blätter, a German humour magazine. It was made famous by Ludwig Wittgenstein in his Philosophical Investigations
For a similar session, please see: Ducks and Rabbits
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2 exact copies of the duck rabbit picture. Search...
Ages: Ages 5-7 (KS1)
Subjects: Epistemology
Themes: Reality, Perception , Illusion
Things Are Not Always What They Seem
The Philosophy
This session is designed to inspire awe and wonder at the unusualness of the world around us and to inspire the idea that things are stranger than we might at first think and to get the children thinking along the same lines as many philosophers: that the world is not as it seems. Many of the pre-Socratics thought that the worl...
Ages: Ages 7-11 (KS2), Ages 5-7 (KS1)
Subjects: Metaphysics
Themes: Sense and reference, Perception , Perceiving, Illusion
