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In On Certainty, the important, but to many readers obscure, twentieth century Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, provides not only a brilliant solution to a previously intractable philosophical problem but also the elements of an entirely new way of approaching this and similar longstanding, apparently unresolvable, problems.
Wittgenstein’s writings in the last two years of his life (after May 1949) never advanced to the typescript stage. In these writings three main themes can be clearly distinguished. The one which is treated most fully concerns knowledge and certainty, and what Wittgenstein wrote on this theme was published under the title On Certaintyin 1969 ...
This is the number of times it is said that Wittgenstein is concerned with what he called ‘the peculiar role’ played by certain empirical propositions in our discourse.
A summary of On Certainty in Ludwig Wittgenstein's Selected Works of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Selected Works of Ludwig Wittgenstein and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
An accessible guidebook to the themes and arguments presented in On Certainty; Takes into account the historical context and the philosophical topics explored by Wittgenstein; Provides close and careful scrutiny of individual parts, sections, and statements of this important philosophical work
On Certainty (German: Über Gewissheit, original spelling Über Gewißheit) is a philosophical book composed from notes written by Ludwig Wittgenstein over four separate periods in the eighteen months before his death on 29 April 1951.
Situating the foundation of knowledge in nonreflective certainties that manifest themselves as ways of acting is a revolutionary and disconcerting move by Wittgenstein, but it solves the regress problem and puts paid to radical scepticism.
