Chapter Wittgenstein's On Certainty and Relativism
Kusch, Martin
Chapter Wittgenstein's On Certainty and Relativism - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2016 - 1 online resource
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One important strand in the contemporary debate over epistemological relativism focuses on the question whether, and to what extent, Wittgenstein in "On Certainty" (1969) leaned towards this position. This paper is a contribution to this strand. My discussion has four parts. I shall begin by out lining my interpretation of Wittgensteinian certainties. Subsequently I shall briefly introduce some central arguments for and against attributing epistemic relativism to "On Certainty". This will be followed by a sketch of the cluster of ideas that-on my analysis-define important versions of the doctrine in question. And finally I shall give my own interpretation of "On Certainty" in relation to epistemic relativism.
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History of Western philosophy
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
Analytic philosophy continental philosophy Metaphilosophy
Chapter Wittgenstein's On Certainty and Relativism - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2016 - 1 online resource
Free-to-read
One important strand in the contemporary debate over epistemological relativism focuses on the question whether, and to what extent, Wittgenstein in "On Certainty" (1969) leaned towards this position. This paper is a contribution to this strand. My discussion has four parts. I shall begin by out lining my interpretation of Wittgensteinian certainties. Subsequently I shall briefly introduce some central arguments for and against attributing epistemic relativism to "On Certainty". This will be followed by a sketch of the cluster of ideas that-on my analysis-define important versions of the doctrine in question. And finally I shall give my own interpretation of "On Certainty" in relation to epistemic relativism.
All rights reserved
English
9783110448344; 9783110448870 9783110450651-003
10.1515/9783110450651-003 doi
History of Western philosophy
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
Analytic philosophy continental philosophy Metaphilosophy