on certainty 39

39. This is how calculation is done, in such circumstances a calculation is treated as absolutely reliable, as certainly correct.

‘This is how a calculation is done’ –

is to say nothing about any supposed grounds or foundation

‘This is how a calculation is done’ –

is simply an instruction –

you follow it or you don’t –

saying it is ‘absolutely reliable’ and ‘certainly correct’ – etc

is really just ornamentation –

unnecessary and irrelevant –

rhetoric

© greg t. charlton. 2009.