403. To say of man, in Moore’s sense, that
he knows something; that what he says
is therefore unconditionally the truth, seems wrong to me. – It is the truth
only inasmuch as it is an unmoving foundation of his language-games.
there is no ‘unmoving foundation’ to
language-games
the language-game – is the propositional
game –
the proposition is a proposal
the proposition – the proposal –
is open to question –
open to doubt –
uncertain
if you wish to speak of the foundation of
language-games –
what you are talking about –
is uncertainty
our language-games –
are games of uncertainty
© greg t.charlton. 2010.
