Wittgenstein on Knowledge and Certainty

This Element is a comprehensive scholarly treatment of Wittgenstein on knowledge and certainty, written by two leading scholars.

Danièle Moyal-Sharrock (Author), Duncan Pritchard (Author)

9781108931199, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 January 2025

84 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 0.5 cm, 0.14 kg

An overview is offered of Wittgenstein's groundbreaking discussion of knowledge and certainty, especially in his final notebooks, published as On Certainty. The main interpretative readings of On Certainty are discussed, especially a non-propositional/non-epistemic interpretation and a variety of propositional and/or epistemic interpretations. Surveys are offered of the readings of On Certainty presented by such figures as Annalisa Coliva, John Greco, Danièle Moyal-Sharrock, Duncan Pritchard, Genia Schönbaumsfeld, P. F. Strawson, MichaelWilliams, and CrispinWright. This Element demonstrates how On Certainty has been especially groundbreaking for epistemology with regard to its treatment of the problem of radical scepticism.

1. Introduction
2. Wittgenstein on knowledge and certainty
3. Hinge commitments in contemporary epistemology
4. Abbreviations
References.

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]