Friday, October 30, 2009

on certainty 145


145.  One wants to say  All my experiences shew that this is so”. But how do they do that? For that proposition to which they point itself belongs to a particular interpretation of them.

“That I regard this proposition as certainly true also characterizes my interpretation of experience.”



experience in the absence of interpretation –

is unknown

interpretation of experience –

is uncertain

to argue that anything in your experience is certain –

is to deny experience


© greg t. charlton. 2009.