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12-JUN-2004

Copernican Turn by Fred

You cannot see the structure of mind....but it's there, at least according to this fellow.

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Philip Potts 27-Jun-2004 00:12
Dang, I missed it by a mile! I thought it was a reference to Copernicus and his notion that the universe revolved around the Sun not the Earth. I thought it was a message on the structure of the universe. Oh well, you did make me think and for that I say Thank You.

Philip Potts (photo255)
Konica Minolta Users26-Jun-2004 15:17
Since I've been asked, here's the explanation to the image: The man on the picture is the German philosopher Immanuel Kant. In his book "Critique of Pure Reason" he argued that how we experience the world isn't determined by how the world "out there" is structured, but it is the innate stuctures of our minds that determine how we experience the world. The innate faculties of mind he called categories, and the text on the picture is the 12 categories he distinguished. One of the concequences of this very influential theory is that we cannot know the world as it is in itself, but only how it appears to us given the constitution of our minds. It is this idea that is called Kants Copernican Turn, which was also the clue I gave in the title.

Fred
photo255 17-Jun-2004 01:52
Fred, I GET IT! I did some research but just couldn't see the message. And then, BAM, it hit me. GREAT IDEA! Thanks for making me think.

Philip Potts
michael.nj 16-Jun-2004 18:08
A real classy-looking picture. I looked at some of my books but they don't compare; like The Bunny Wunnies go to the Beach. It's a nice job....looks like it was scanned it's so clear.
Konica Minolta Users15-Jun-2004 00:25
Thanks for your comments guys. Hope you enjoy your Kant studies Adrian ;-), and photo 255, I'll supply the solution to the "message" of the image in due time.

Fred
photo255 14-Jun-2004 01:37
I like the photo but I don't understand the message.
adrianox13-Jun-2004 00:34
fred - forgive me - i'm slow - i'm wading through Kant as i write this - you have cracked this challenge wide open with the first image - good job.
Konica Minolta Users12-Jun-2004 14:35
Hi José and Claudio

Thank you both for your comments. And thanks also Claudio for not explicitly giving away the solution to the image. That would have made it too easy for the other viewers, wouldn't it?

Fred
Claudio Gatti12-Jun-2004 13:54
How can I critique pure reason? .... for a moment from the thumbnail I thought you were going to go with the Lombroso characterology theory. Another good one in your series of "mind stimulating" photos. Nice idea

Claudio
Konica Minolta Users12-Jun-2004 12:01
Hi, Fred
This time I'm doing hard tring to post a message on every entry.
I like this work, seems to me like an old stamp. Very good taste.
Jose Medeiros