on certainty 675

675. If someone believes that he has flown from America to England in the last few days, then, I believe, he cannot be making a mistake.

And just the same if someone says he is at this moment sitting at a table and writing.

you might accept someone’s statement –

but accepting someone’s statement does not make it certain

‘sitting at a table writing’ –

may well be a description used ‘at this moment’ –

but it is not the only possible description –

and if that’s the case –

where’s the certainty?

© greg t. charlton. 2010.