on certainty 403

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.