Friday, January 01, 2010

on certainty 214


214. What prevents me from supposing that this table either vanishes or alters its shape and colour when no one is observing it, and then when someone looks at it again changes back to its old condition? – “But who is going to suppose such a thing!” –one would feel like saying.



nothing prevents you from supposing such –

but who is going to suppose such?

a philosopher perhaps?


© greg t. charlton. 2010.