Sunday, January 24, 2010

on certainty 250


250. My having two hands is, in normal circumstances, as certain as anything that I would produce in evidence for it.

That is why I am not in a position to take the sight of my hand as evidence for it.



so evidence is irrelevant if you are certain

so the question –

what is your certainty based on?

nothing –

apparently

so it’s groundless –

and that makes your certainty-

a prejudice –

a claim that you hold –

and hold not to be –

open to question –

open to doubt

another name for this ‘certainty’ –

is ignorance


© greg t. charlton. 2010.