593. Even when one can replace “I know” by
“It is …” still one cannot replace the negation of the one with the negation of
the other.
With “I don’t know …” a new element enters
our language-games.
in an ‘I know game’ –
the denial – ‘I don’t know’ –
takes you out of the game –
logically speaking –
‘I don’t know’ –
is a rejection
of the game
if the language-game –
is not loaded up –
with the rhetoric –
and deception –
that is –‘I know’ –
then there will be no need –
for the rejection of it –
no need for –
‘I don’t know’
© greg t. charlton. 2010.
