In the Modern European Philosophy class this past week, we were discussing Locke and his distinction between primary, objective qualities and secondary, subjective qualities. Locke argues that shape is objective, while color is subjective.
This piece, titled Squaring the Circle by the art trio Troika, challenges this distinction. From one side, it appears to be a square, but from the other, it appears to be a circle, showing that even shape can depend on perspective.
Gerlach is German and rhymes with bear-lock. I was born and raised in the Haight Ashbury of San Francisco, moved to Berkeley for college and grad school, with an MA in History of Religion from the Graduate Theological Union of Berkeley, and now teach Philosophy and the history of human thought at Berkeley City College. I have taught Intro Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Asian Philosophy, Greek Philosophy, Modern European Philosophy and Social & Political Philosophy there for the past several years, and it has been a joy.
Thought Itself
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