On Certainty
1st Edition
Published on 15. September 1975
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-631-16940-6 (ISBN)
Description
Written over the last 18 months of his life and inspired by his interest in G. E. Moore's defence of common sense, this much discussed volume collects Wittgenstein's reflections on knowledge and certainty, on what it is to know a proposition for sure.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
264 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-16940-6 (9780631169406)
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Persons
Ludwig Wittgenstein - 1889 - 1951 - was an Austrian-British philosopher who taught at the University of Cambridge and is known as one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. He worked in the areas of logic and the philosophy of mathematics, the mind and language. The majority of his writing was published after his death.
G. E. M. Anscombe - 1919-2001 - read classics and philosophy at St. Hugh's College, Oxford from 1937 to 1941 in which year she married the philosopher Peter Geach. She subsequently researched in philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge where she became a student and friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein. She's considered one of analytical philosophy's most prominent figures and a leader in the field of virtue ethics.
G. E. M. Anscombe - 1919-2001 - read classics and philosophy at St. Hugh's College, Oxford from 1937 to 1941 in which year she married the philosopher Peter Geach. She subsequently researched in philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge where she became a student and friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein. She's considered one of analytical philosophy's most prominent figures and a leader in the field of virtue ethics.
Content
Notes on the Contributors ix List of Abbreviations of Works by Wittgenstein xii
Introduction 1
1 Wittgenstein's On Certainty: The Case of the Missing Propositions 16
D.Z. Phillips
Part I The Framework Reading 31
2 Why On Certainty Matters 33
Avrum Stroll
3 Why Wittgenstein Isn't a Foundationalist 47
Michael Williams
4 Within a System 59
Joachim Schulte
5 Unravelling Certainty 76
Daniele Moyal-Sharrock
Part II The Transcendental Reading 101
6 Wittgenstein and Classical Realism 103
H.O. Mounce
7 Wittgenstein's 'Kantian Solution' 122
William H. Brenner
8 Wittgenstein, Global Scepticism and the Primacy of Practice 142
Anthony Rudd
Part III The Epistemic Reading 163
9 The Contexts of Knowing 165
Thomas Morawetz
10 Wittgenstein's On Certainty and Contemporary Anti-scepticism 189
Duncan Pritchard
11 'In the Beginning was the Deed': Wittgenstein on Knowledge and Religion 225
Michael Kober
Part IV The Therapeutic Reading 251
12 On Wittgenstein's Response to Scepticism: The Opening of On Certainty 253
Edward Minar
13 Wittgenstein and Ethics: A Discussion with Reference to On Certainty 275
Alice Crary
14 'The First Shall be Last and the Last Shall be First ...': A New Reading of On Certainty 501 302
Rupert Read
References 322
Index 329
Introduction 1
1 Wittgenstein's On Certainty: The Case of the Missing Propositions 16
D.Z. Phillips
Part I The Framework Reading 31
2 Why On Certainty Matters 33
Avrum Stroll
3 Why Wittgenstein Isn't a Foundationalist 47
Michael Williams
4 Within a System 59
Joachim Schulte
5 Unravelling Certainty 76
Daniele Moyal-Sharrock
Part II The Transcendental Reading 101
6 Wittgenstein and Classical Realism 103
H.O. Mounce
7 Wittgenstein's 'Kantian Solution' 122
William H. Brenner
8 Wittgenstein, Global Scepticism and the Primacy of Practice 142
Anthony Rudd
Part III The Epistemic Reading 163
9 The Contexts of Knowing 165
Thomas Morawetz
10 Wittgenstein's On Certainty and Contemporary Anti-scepticism 189
Duncan Pritchard
11 'In the Beginning was the Deed': Wittgenstein on Knowledge and Religion 225
Michael Kober
Part IV The Therapeutic Reading 251
12 On Wittgenstein's Response to Scepticism: The Opening of On Certainty 253
Edward Minar
13 Wittgenstein and Ethics: A Discussion with Reference to On Certainty 275
Alice Crary
14 'The First Shall be Last and the Last Shall be First ...': A New Reading of On Certainty 501 302
Rupert Read
References 322
Index 329