on certainty 609

609. Supposing we met people who did not regard that as a telling reason. Now, how do we imagine this? Instead of the physicist, they consult an oracle. (And for that we consider them primitive.) Is it wrong for them to consult an oracle and be guided by it? – If we call this “wrong” aren’t we using our language-game as a base from which to combat theirs?

any proposition –

be it a proposition of physics –

or the proposition of an oracle –

or whatever –

is open to question –

open to doubt –

is uncertain

and any decision you take –

as to what you’ll be guided by –

is open to question –

open to doubt –

is uncertain

the battle of ‘right and ‘wrong’ –

is not the logical battle –

it’s the rhetorical battle  -

the battle of delusion –

and deception

and in these rhetorical battles –

language games –

are the weapons –

of combat

© greg t.charlton. 2010.