119. But can it also be said: Everything
speaks for, and nothing against the table’s being there when no one sees it.
For what does speak for it?
what speaks
for it –
is whatever argument –
is advanced –
and any argument advanced –
will be open to question –
open to doubt
Wittgenstein asks –
is it the case that nothing speaks against
it?
it depend who you listen to –
George Berkeley for one –
put up arguments –
that cast doubt on such a view
I make the assumption –
that the table is there when no one sees it
the assumption –
is uncertain and finally baseless –
but I use it