Philosophical Grammar 132

132. Operating with written signs and operating with “imagination pictures”.

An attitude to a picture (to a thought) is what connects it with reality.

we operate with propositions –

and they can  be described variously – i.e ‘written signs’ – ‘imagination pictures’ –

regardless of how they are cashed out –

a proposition is open to question – open to doubt – uncertain

any proposal – any proposition – creates a reality –

any ‘attitude’ to what is proposed – is itself a proposal –

the original proposition is open to interpretation –

an attitude is an interpretation –

and like the proposition – the attitude – the secondary proposition – if you like –

is open to question – open to doubt –

is uncertain

© greg t. charlton. 2015.