472. When a child learns a language it
learns at the same time what is to be investigated and what not. When it learns
that there is a cupboard in the room, it isn’t taught to doubt whether what it
sees later on is still a cupboard or only a kind of stage set.
however –
latter on – the child may doubt whether
what it sees is a cupboard or a stage set –
as to why?
well that is a matter of speculation –
perhaps –
at some time the child was taught the value
of questioning –
of doubt –
or it might just be that doubt is a natural
and primal response to reality –
and that it will occur –
regardless of how one is taught?
© greg t. charlton. 2010.