Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty

ISBN-13: 9780415450768 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 340 str.

Andy Hamilton

Opis

Ludwig Wittgenstein is arguably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century. In "On Certainty" he discusses central issues in epistemology, including the nature of knowledge and scepticism. "The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty" introduces and assesses:

• Wittgenstein's career and the background to his later philosophy
• the central ideas and text of "On Certainty," including its responses to G.E. Moore and discussion of fundamental issues in the theory of knowledge
• Wittgenstein's continuing importance in contemporary philosophy.

This "GuideBook" is essential reading for all students of Wittgenstein, and for those studying epistemology and philosophy of language. "On Certainty, "Wittgenstein's final work, addresses a category of "world-picture" propositions discovered by G.E. Moore. These challenge Wittgenstein's enduring commitment to a well-defined category of empirical propositions, and help to generate a critique of scepticism. Developing Wittgenstein's view that scepticism is self-undermining, the "Guidebook "offers a combative yet therapeutic interpretation that locates "On Certainty" between the standpoints of Kant and Hume.

Spis treści

1. Wittgenstein's philosophical development  2. Enduring Wittgensteinian motifs in On Certainty  3. Reading On Certainty: text and work  4. Synopsis of On Certainty  5. Moorean common sense  6. Wittgenstein's account of Moorean propositions  7. Wittgenstein's idea of a "world-picture"  8. On Certainty in the context of 20th century epistemology  9. Moore's "proof of an external world"  10. Responses to scepticism: arguments against moore  11. Responses to scepticism: arguments against the sceptic  12. Interpreting On Certainty  13. Wittgensteinian Kantianism versus Wittgensteinan naturalism  14. Influence and implications. Index

O autorze

Andy Hamilton teaches Philosophy at Durham University, UK. His books include Aesthetics and Music (2007), Lee Konitz (2007) and The Self in Question: Memory, the Body and Self-Consciousness (2013). He also teaches aesthetics and history of jazz at Durham, and contributes to The Wire magazine.