55. So is the hypothesis possible, that all things around us don’t exist? Would
that not be like the hypothesis of our having miscalculated our calculations?
the hypothesis that all things around us
don’t exist –
is
possible –
for one – Wittgenstein has advanced it here
what sense if any you make of it –
will depend on the context of its use
it obviously has a use for Wittgenstein –
in this context of propositional logic
and there will be other contexts – other
uses –
for example in a poetic context –
it may well be regarded as significant
as to miscalculating our calculations –
you either calculate – or you don’t
if you don’t follow the ‘rules’ of
calculation –
it is not that you miscalculate –
you don’t
calculate – you just don’t do it –
you don’t play the game
the ‘rules’ of calculation –
are open to question – open to doubt –
and historically speaking –
are the outcome of question and doubt
however questioning the game –
is a different matter –
to playing
it
© greg t. charlton. 2010.
