on certainty 509

509.  I really want to say that a language-game is only possible if one trusts something (I did not say “can trust something”)

Wittgenstein didn’t say can trust –

because he realizes –

anything you trust is open to question –

open to doubt

and so his fallback position –

is pretense –

pretend you can trust –

and he tells us the language-game –

is only possible –

if we have this pretense

at this point –

you really have to question –

Wittgenstein’s philosophical integrity –

it looks like he is saying –

hey – we’ll run with the lie

the reality is –

you have the language-game –

language use –

with or without pretense

and this is just to say –

you can be honest in your dealings –

or false

© greg t. charlton. 2010.