134. After putting a book in a drawer, I
assume it is there, unless…. “Experience always proves me right. There is no
well attested case of the book’s (simply) disappearing.” It has often happened that the book has never
turned up again, although we thought we knew for certain where it was. – But
experience does really teach that a book, say, does not vanish away. (E.g.
gradually evaporate.) But is it this experience with books etc. that leads us
to assume that such a book has not vanished away? Well, suppose we were to find
that under particular novel circumstances books did vanish away. – Shouldn’t we
alter our assumption? Can one give the lie to the effect of experience on our
system of assumption?
can one say –
that the effect of experience on our system
of assumption –
is false?
one’s experience is uncertain –
one’s assumptions are uncertain
there is no conflict
© greg t. charlton. 2009.
