6. A sentence in a code: at what moment of translating does
understanding begin?
The words of a sentence are arbitrary; so I replace them with letters.
But now I cannot immediately think the sense of the sentence in the new
expression.
The notion that we can only imperfectly exhibit our understanding: the expression of understanding has
something that is essentially
inexpressible. But in that case it makes no sense to speak of a more complete
expression.
understanding begins with – is – inquiry
sense is interpretation –
if you cannot interpret a sentence – in any way – it has no sense for
you
our understanding – just is the inquiry – if you like –the process of
inquiry –
logically speaking there is no end to this –
and if we do stop the inquiry at some point –
our understanding stops at that point
a proposition is the focus of possibility – of possible interpretation
and the expression of propositional possibility –
is never exhausted
© greg t. charlton. 2014.
