Philosophical Grammar 1

Part 1

The proposition and its sense

1.‘How can one talk of ‘understanding’ and ‘not understanding’ a proposition?

Surely it is not a proposition until it’s understood?

a proposition is a proposal – open to question – open to doubt

open to interpretation

to engage with a proposition is to interpret it –

and any interpretation – is open to question – open to doubt

this engagement – is understanding

there is no understanding if there is no engagement –

if a proposition is put in an active context –

there will be engagement –

there will be interpretation –

there will be understanding

© greg t. charlton. 2014.