352. If someone says, “I know that that’s a tree” I may
answer: “Yes, that is a sentence. An English sentence. And what is it supposed
to be doing?” Suppose he replies: “I just want to remind myself that I know things like that”? –
‘I know’ – is a claim to authority –
the only authority – is authorship –
if ‘I know’ is to have a logical function –
‘I know’ = ‘I am the author of’
is Wittgenstein seriously suggesting –
that you need to remind yourself –
that you are the author –
of your assertions?
© greg t. charlton. 2010.
