105. “This queer thing, thought.” – It strikes us as queer when we say
that it connects objects in the mind. – We are all ready to pass from it to
reality. – How was it possible for thought to deal with the very person himself? Here I am being astonished by
my own linguistic expression and momentarily misunderstanding it.
strange as it may sound – ‘thought’ is a proposal – ‘object’ – a
proposal – ‘mind’ – a proposal
what we have here is the ‘interconnectedness’ of proposals – proposal in
relation to proposals
it is not that we pass from ‘it’ – thought or mind – to reality –
we pass from proposal to proposal
granted these proposals and their interconnectedness is entrenched
– so entrenched that in common and
indeed specialized parlance – they
have been – they are reified –
perhaps that is just the mark of success – as in useful propositional action
be that as it may – what we deal with is proposals – propositions – open
to question – open to doubt - uncertain
‘How was it possible for thought to deal with the very person himself?’ –
what we have here is propositions dealing with propositions
‘Here I am being astonished by my own linguistic expression and
momentarily misunderstanding it.’
there will be no misunderstanding
here –
any ‘linguistic expression’ – is open to question – to doubt – is
uncertain –
different understandings – conflicting understandings – yes
any understanding – any proposal –
is uncertain
© greg t. charlton. 2014.