48. Are the primary signs
incapable of being misinterpreted? Can one say they no longer need to be
understood?
the real question is does the
notion of ‘misunderstanding’ – make any logical sense?
my point is that any sign can be interpreted –
and if what you are really talking
about is interpretation –
then interpretation – presumes uncertainty –
and this is the logical situation
– the logical state of affairs –
any proposal – any interpretation
– is open to question – is open to doubt –
and given that logical reality –
what we have is interpretations
– not misinterpretations
we have the possibility of various
interpretations –
this is the logical reality
to cut to the chase – a so called
misinterpretation – will be nothing
more than an interpretation that doesn’t conform with someone’s view of how the
situation is –
or to put it another way – a
non-standard interpretation
logically speaking – we understand
– but we understand – variously
yes the fact is we have accepted –
culturally accepted – commonly accepted interpretations which most of us most
of the time have no particular reason to question
however this not to say that circumstances can’t change – won’t
change – that variant interpretations won’t emerge – that what is accepted
practise – won’t be in the course of events altered or even rejected
and if we don’t see the day when that
occurs – the logical fact is –
any interpretation is open to question – open to doubt – is uncertain
© greg t. charlton. 2014.
