Chapter Wittgenstein’s On Certainty and Relativism

Methods and Perspectives. Proceedings of the 37th International Wittgenstein Symposium

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ID6578258
AuthorsMartin Kusch, Internationales Wittgenstein Symposium Kirchberg am Wechsel
EditorsSonja Rinofner-Kreidl (0000-0002-4960-3705), Harald A Wiltsche (0000-0001-9560-0284)
Year2016
Pages432
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueChapter Wittgenstein’s On Certainty and Relativism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/9783110450651
OpenAlexW193247388
Open LibraryOL31371959M, OL31371932M
ISBN9783110448344, 9783110450651
LanguageEN
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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

Analytic philosophy · Contemporary philosophy · Continental philosophy · Epistemology · History of Western philosophy · Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge · Western philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Analysis (Philosophy) · Analytische Philosophie · Congresses · Ethik · from c 1900 · Kollektive Intentionalität · Kontinentalphilosophie · Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) · Metaphilosophie · Methodology · Philosophy of mind · Sozialphilosophie · Wertphilosophie

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