Philosophical Grammar 103

103. It is only considering the linguistic manifestation of a wish that makes it appear that my whish prefigures the fulfillment. – Because it is the wish that just that were the case. It is in language that wish and fulfillment meet.

the basic logic of it is that a state of affairs is proposed –

that you may wish for – or want – that state of affairs –

is logically uninteresting

and whether or not it comes about –

is logically irrelevant

the proposal – regardless of what occurs –

is open to question – open to doubt – uncertain

© greg t. charlton. 2014.