Saturday, April 17, 2010

on certainty 413

413. For suppose you were guiding a blind man’s hand, and as you were guiding it along yours you said “this is my hand”; if he then said “are you sure?” or “do you know it is?”, it would take very special circumstances for that to make sense.



the blind man is asking you for an authority for your assertion –

not only is he blind – he’s deluded as well


© greg t. charlton. 2010.