IV
45. The ostensive definition of
signs is not an application of language, but part of the grammar: something
like a rule for translation from gesture into a word-language. –
what belongs to grammar are all
the conditions necessary for comparing the proposition with reality – all the
conditions necessary for its sense
ostensive definition – is a
proposal – a proposition – if you will – a non-verbal proposition
it is not a rule for translation –
rather a proposal
grammar as such is a proposal –
all the
conditions necessary’ – are unknown –
the conditions for the
application of language – are proposals
and these proposals – are open to
question – open to doubt
comparing propositions with
reality?
is comparing propositions with –
with propositions (about reality)
grammar as a statement of how
language works –
is never finalized
© greg t. charlton. 2014.
