Monday, August 09, 2010

on certainty 576

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.