To believe falsely

"If there were a verb meaning 'to believe falsely', it would not have any

significant first person, present indicative."

—Ludwig Wittgenstein

Would "confusion" not be such a first person, present indicative? Or am I confused about the meaning of the Wittgenstein quote?

(Update a few days later: Turns out I forgot the phrase "cognitive dissonance", which is much better).


Original post: https://kitsunesoftware.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/to-believe-falsely/

Original post timestamp: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 07:34:01 +0000

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