on certainty 87

87. Can’t an assertoric sentence, which was capable of functioning as an hypothesis, also be used as a foundation of research and action? I.e. can’t it simply be isolated from doubt, though not according to any explicit rule? It simply gets assumed as a truism, never called in question, perhaps not even ever formulated.

any proposition can function as a foundation for research and action –

if by ‘foundation’ you mean – ‘starting point’ –

but if you mean a certainty – that which cannot be doubted  –

there is no such foundation

a proposition can be isolated from doubt –

if you don’t think about it and never propose it to anyone

assuming a proposition is a truism –

if by ‘truism’ – is meant a proposition that cannot be dissented from –

there is no such proposition

a proposition that is never called into question –

is a proposition no one considers

and as to a proposition that is never formulated –

in that case –

there is no proposition

© greg t. charlton. 2009.