Wednesday, March 17, 2010

on certainty 348

348. Just as the words “I am here” have a meaning only in certain contexts, and not when I say them to someone who is sitting in front of me and sees me clearly, – and not because they are superfluous, but because their meaning is not determined by the situation, yet stands in need of such determination.



a sentence has a meaning – if someone has a use for it –

so an observer – if he has no use for it himself

can only ever speculate – as to meaning

others may give a sentence –

yes – the situation as such is – undetermined –

outside of any description – it is unknown

we make determination –

we give the ‘situation’ description –

in order to act – in order to proceed –

however any ‘determination’ we make –

any description we work with –

will be uncertain –

will be open to question –

open to doubt

we operate in uncertainty –

with uncertainty

© greg t. charlton. 2010.