24. The idealist’s question would be
something like: “What right have I not to doubt the existence of my hands?”
(And to that the answer can’t be: I know that they exist.) But someone
who asks such a question is overlooking the fact that a doubt about existence
only works in a language game. Hence, that we should first have to ask: what
would such a doubt be like?, and I don’t understand this straight off.
the idealist doesn’t doubt the existence of
his hands –
he doubts the materialist description of
his hands
his hands as such – in the absence of any description
–
are unknown
© greg t. charlton. 2009.