on certainty 28

28. What is ‘learning a rule’? – This.

What is ‘making a mistake in applying it’? – This. And what is pointed to here is something indeterminate.

yes – and this – could amount anything –

that is to say –

this could be described in any number of ways

‘making a mistake in applying it’ –

the use of any proposition – 

so called ‘rule’ – or not –

will be open to question –

open to doubt

saying you’ve got it right –

or that you’ve got it wrong –

that there is a mistake –

or that there is no mistake –

may have rhetorical impact –

but logically speaking –

such claims are baseless

© greg t. charlon. 2009.