676. “But even if such cases can’t be
mistaken, isn’t it possible that I am drugged?” If I am and if the drug has
taken away my consciousness, then I am not now really talking and thinking. I
cannot seriously suppose that I am at this moment dreaming. Someone who,
dreaming says “I am dreaming”, even if he speaks audibly in doing so, is no
more right than if he said in his dream “it is raining”, while it was in fact
raining. Even if his dream was actually connected with the noise of the rain.
drugged
or dreaming –
what you
say –
is open
to question –
open
doubt –
whether
you are –
or
not
© greg t.
charlton. 2010.