127. Can I think away the impression of individual familiarity where it
exists; and think it into a situation where it does not? The difficulty is not
a psychological one. We have not determined what that is to mean.
Can I look at a printed English word and see it as if it I hadn’t learnt
to read?
I can ascribe meaning to a meaningless shape.
yes if you question – what you have come to know – if you doubt it – you
can see it in a new light
seeing in a new light – is not being familiar
familiarity is a matter of non-critical propositional use –
a new situation – can be so transformed
behaviour is either logical – or not –
that’s psychology
‘Can I look at a printed English word and see it as if it I hadn’t
learnt to read?’
not if you have just read it
‘I can ascribe meaning to a meaningless shape’?
well a shape is a shape – so in that respect – it’s not meaningless –
so you don’t here begin with meaninglessness –
you begin with the description ‘shape’
as to how you further describe this shape –
well whatever you come up with – will be open to question – to doubt –
will be uncertain
you will work with whatever proposal – whatever proposition or set of
propositions –
suit your purpose
© greg t. charlton. 2015.
