121. That a picture tells me something consists in its own form and
colours. Or it narrates something to me: it uses words so to speak, and I
am comparing the picture with a combination of linguistic forms. – That a
series of signs tells me something isn’t constituted by its now making this
impression on me. “It’s only in a language that something is a proposition.”
‘That a picture tells me something consists in its own form and
colours.’?
yes – it is a non-linguistic proposal – a non-linguistic proposition
‘…and I am comparing the picture with a combination of linguistic
forms’?
effectively we have a linguistic description of another propositional
form
‘That a series of signs tells me something isn’t constituted by its now
making this impression on me’
this series of signs is a proposal – a proposition – in a non-linguistic
form
I can describe its effect in a linguistic proposal – a linguistic
proposition
‘It’s only in a language that something is a proposition’?
not so –
a proposition is a proposal – and
a proposal can take any number of forms
i.e. a proposal can be a form of words – a painting – a piece of music –
dance – a sculpture – a city building – etc –
in fact anything that human beings create is a proposal – is a
proposition –
and as such open to question – open to doubt – uncertain
© greg t. charlton. 2015.
