107. Isn’t this altogether like the way one
can instruct a child to believe in God, or that none exists, and it will
accordingly be able to produce telling grounds for one or the other?
what Wittgenstein is on about here –
is indoctrination
you put a view –
and work on the kid –
until he adopts –
and can operate with –
this con – of ‘telling grounds’ –
and then you tell yourself –
that the job is done
the problem is –
you are just fooling yourself –
if not the kid
your assumption –
of authority
and everything that flows from it
i.e. your telling grounds
is delusional
and the fact remains –
that despite Wittgenstein’s hopes –
and indeed his efforts
–
children can – and do –
think for themselves –
and there’s a fair chance –
somewhere along the way
they learn how to –
to pick a fraud
© greg t. charlton. 2009.
