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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.
List of contents
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
Danièle 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
About the author
Ludwig Wittgenstein, geboren 1889 in Wien, gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er wuchs in Österreich auf, studierte zunächst in Berlin und siedelte dann nach England über, wohin er nach verschiedenen Zwischenstationen immer wieder zurückkehrte.§1939 wurde Wittgenstein Professor an der Universität Cambridge. Im Krieg arbeitete er in verschiedenen Krankenhäusern und kam 1945 zurück nach Cambridge. Dort starb er 1951.
Summary
Written over the last 18 months of his life and inspired by his interest in G E Moore's defence of common sense, this volume collects Wittgenstein's reflections on knowledge and certainty, on what it is to know a proposition for sure.
