Sunday, July 11, 2010

on certainty 550


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550. If someone believes something, we needn’t always be able to answer the question ‘why he believes it’; but if he knows something, then the question “how does he know?” must be capable of being answered. 



there can always be an answer –

is Wittgenstein suggesting any answer will qualify for ‘knowledge’?

if so – he’s right


© greg t. charlton. 2010.