Understanding Wittgenstein's On Certainty - Brossura

Moyal-Sharrock, D.

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ISBN 10: 0230535534 ISBN 13: 9780230535534

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

Riassunto

This book sheds unprecedented light on Wittgenstein's third masterpiece, On Certainty , clarifying his thoughts on basic beliefs and rebuttal of scepticism. As an introduction and commentary on Wittgenstein's final major philosophical work, Moyal-Sharrock's book will prove an indispensable guide to the student, scholar and general reader.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

DANIÈLE MOYAL-SHARROCK is Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. She has significantly contributed to highlighting the importance of Wittgenstein's later corpus. She is the editor, with William Brenner, of Reading Wittgenstein's On Certainty (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), and the editor of The Third Wittgenstein: The Post-Investigations Works (Ashgate, 2004), as well as the translator of a forthcoming French edition of On Certainty.

Contenuti:

Introduction
Objective Certainty vs. Knowledge
The Nonpropositionality of Some 'Propositions'
Objective Certainty and Objective Certainties
The Features of Hinges
Types and Origins of Hinges
Linguistic and Personal Hinges
Local and Universal Hinges
Objective Certainty vs. Scepticism
Certainty as Trust: Belief as a Nonpropositional Attitude
Conclusion: No Gap to Mind
Endnotes
Bibliography

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0230535534
• ISBN 13: 9780230535534
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264