494. “I cannot doubt this proposition
without giving up all judgment.”
But what sort of proposition is that? (It
is reminiscent of what Frege said about the law of identity.) It is certainly
no empirical proposition. It does not belong to psychology. It has rather the
character of a rule.
if you understand that a proposition –
is a proposal
–
and that a proposal is open to question –
open to doubt –
‘this proposition’ –
is no proposition at all
‘this proposition’ –
is a fraud
it is a statement designed –
to subvert the proposition –
and to replace it with –
pretense and prejudice
© greg t. charlton. 2010.
