CYCLE FIFTY-SIX

1. To contrast the noumenal objectivity of hats, which sit on top of the head, with the noumenal subjectivity of hoods, which fit completely around it.

2. Likewise, to contrast the phenomenal objectivity of umbrellas, which are held above the head, with the phenomenal subjectivity of caps, which fit partly around it.

3. People who do not wear hats, caps, or hoods when outdoors ... are likely to be overt or covert users of umbrellas. In fact, the absence of headgear should enable one to infer the relevance of an umbrella to such people, whether or not such a thing is actually in evidence.

4. Where hats are generally an upper-class mode of headgear, caps are a working-class mode, and hoods a classless mode, whilst umbrellas are a middle-class mode of protection against rain and/or snow, usually used in conjunction with raincoats.