576. One might say “How do I know that I am
not mistaken about my name?” – and if the reply was “Because I have used it so
often”, one might go on to ask “How do I know that I am not mistaken about that?” And here the “How do I know” cannot
any longer have significance.
‘how do I know I am not mistaken about my
name?’
is wrongheaded –
there are no mistakes –
what we deal with is uncertainties
one use (of a name) – is as uncertain –
as the next
© greg t. charlton. 2010.
