76. Examples of the use of the word “wish”. Our aim is not to give a
theory of wishing, which would have to explain every case of wishing.
The use of the words “proposition”, “language”, etc. has the haziness of
the normal use of concept-words in our language.
the problem of explaining every case – can be one problem of theory –
the fact is you can never know whether you have or you haven’t –
the matter is uncertain
in any case – any theory – is a proposition – a proposal – open to
question – open to doubt –
uncertain – regardless of what it does or doesn’t cover
as to the word ‘proposition’ – like ‘language’ – or any other word for
that matter –
I say it is open to question – just how it is understood and used
what Wittgenstein here calls ‘haziness’ – is uncertainty –
and uncertainty is not the problem –
it’s the reality
© greg t. charlton. 2014.