on certainty 330

330. So here the sentence “I know…” expresses the readiness to believe certain things.

if ‘I know’ is to mean – ‘a readiness to believe’ –

there goes any association of  ‘I know’ with certainty

and if ‘I know’ is to mean – ‘a readiness to believe’ –

then knowledge – is not even a belief

on this view to know –

is being ‘disposed to’ believe –

anything

                                                   
© greg t. charlton. 2010.