7.4.
478. Does a child believe that milk exists?
Or does it know that milk exists? Does a cat know that a mouse exists?
a child operates with a description –
a description of ‘that’ –
which undescribed – is unknown
as for belief –
what we can say is that –
if the description functions –
i.e. the description ‘milk’ –
it will be used –
belief here is really the expectation of
function –
and expectation is uncertain
as to knowledge –
if by knowledge we mean – certainty –
a description may be presented to the child
as certain –
but this is to deceive the child
and in reality a good part of the business
of learning –
is the
unlearning of this deception
to know is to not be deceived –
to throw off the deception and pretension
of certainty –
and to recognize that our descriptions –
are uncertain
does a cat know that a mouse exists?
does a cat know?
does a cat describe –
battle with pretension and its absence?
no – just the mouse
© greg t. charlton. 2010.
