553. It is queer: if I say without any
special occasion, “I know” – for example, “I know that I am now sitting in a
chair”, this statement seems to me to be unjustified and presumptuous. But if I
make the same statement where there is some need for it, then although I am not
a jot more certain of its truth, it seems to me to be perfectly justified and
everyday.
some need for it?
what need would that be I wonder?
would it be a need to pretend you have an
authority you don’t have –
in order to t deceive someone –
perhaps even yourself?
that seems to be the idea –
for you are ‘not a jot more certain of its
truth’ –
and yet you are prepared to claim –
‘justification’
and who knows you might be right –
pretense and deception –
might just be ‘everyday’?
© greg t. charlton. 2010.
