Thursday, June 11, 2009

on certainty 25


25. One may be wrong even about “there being a hand here”. Only in particular circumstances is it impossible. – “Even in a calculation one can be wrong – only in certain circumstances one can’t.”



it is not a matter of being right or wrong –

the ground of any proposition is uncertainty

you proceed with a proposition –  or you don’t –

and any decision you make here –

is like the proposition itself –

open to question – open to doubt

the calculation is a game – a game of sign substitution –

if you play the game – you play it as designed –

the only question is – do you have a use for it?

which is just to ask – do you need to calculate?

if you don’t – you won’t play –

if you do – you will

the propositions on which the game is based –

logically speaking –

are no different to any other proposition –

they are open to question –

open to doubt –

uncertain


© greg t. charlton. 2010.