| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 115 pages) |
| Contents |
1.Common Sense Propositions: Moore and Wittgenstein -- 2. Recognizing Targets -- 3. Mistakes and Mental Disturbances: Pleasants, Wittgenstein, and Basic Moral Certainty -- 4."Aesthetic Scaffolding": Hagberg and Wittgensteinian Certitude -- 5."Hinge Propositions": Actional Certainty and Religious Belief -- 6."The Whole Hurly-Burly": Wittgenstein, Language, and Embodied Cognition -- 7. The Peculiar Inexorability of Mathematics: Wittgenstein and Mathematical Certainty -- 8. Exceeding a Different Scope: Wittgenstein's Political View -- 9."A Sketch of the Landscape." |
| Summary |
Exploring Certainty: Wittgenstein and Wide Fields of Thought considers how, where, and to what extent the thoughts and ideas found in Wittgenstein's On Certainty can be applied to other areas of thought, including: ethics, aesthetics, religious belief, mathematics, cognitive science, and political theory. Robert Greenleaf Brice opens new avenues of thought for scholars and students of the Wittgensteinian tradition, while introducing original philosophies about human knowledge and cognition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Über Gewissheit
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 fast |
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Über Gewissheit (Wittgenstein, Ludwig) fast |
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Certainty.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
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Certainty
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021675729 |
| ISBN |
9780739175675 |
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073917567X |
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9780739175675 |
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