488. And so when writers enumerate all the
things they know, that proves nothing
whatsoever.
So the possibility of knowledge about
physical objects cannot be proved by the protestations of those who believe
that they have such knowledge.
people make assertions –
if they claim to know they claim an
authority –
the only authority they actually have –
is the authority of authorship
beyond that any claim to authority is
pretence
if you drop this pretence –
what you have – all you have –
is assertion
nothing is proved by any protestation –
and furthermore there is no proof of
anything
if you claim there are physical objects –
that is all there is to it –
the assertion
© greg t. charlton. 2010.
