67. Could we imagine a man who keeps on
making mistakes where we regard a mistake as ruled out, and in fact never
encounter one?
E.g. he says he lives in such a such a
place, is so and so old, comes from such and such a city, and he speaks with
the same certainty (giving all the tokens of it) as I do, but he is wrong.
But what is his relation to his error? What
am I to suppose?
there is no mistake here –
there is no error
what you have here is conflicting claims –
disagreement
unless one side folds and says – ‘yes you
are right’ –
there is no resolution
I can continue to insist on my view of the
matter –
argue the case
all that amounts to is –
rhetoric
despite what I may think –
there is nothing –
that guarantees
my point of view
and therefore –
it should be seen for what it is –
uncertain
© greg t.charlton. 2009.
