on certainty 399

399. But doesn’t my drawing the consequences only show that I accept this hypothesis?

you do what you do –

and yes –

you can reconstruct whatever you do –

in terms of a model like –

hypothesis and consequence –

and if that proves useful to you –

so be it

my point is –

there are any number of ways of interpreting –

anything –

the hypothesis / consequence model –

is just one such approach

and of course –

you always have the option of saying –

‘I don’t know ‘–

that is not adopting any interpretation

it should also be noted –

that even if you draw consequences –

from an hypothesis –

it doesn’t follow –

that you accept the hypothesis –

you may just be interested in –

exploring its consequences

and finally when you say –

you are drawing consequences –

can you be sure –

which hypothesis –

you are drawing –

your consequences from?

© greg t. charlton. 2010.