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Chapter When Paul Met Ludwig Wittgensteinian Comments on Boghossian's Antirelativism

This paper tries to make plausible the following claims: The paragraphs §608-612 of "On Certainty" do not speak in favour of what Boghossian construes as the Master Argument for Relativism; that "On Certainty" introduces various relativistic themes; and that Boghossian and Wittge...

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Main Author: Kusch, Martin (auth)
Other Authors: Kanzian, Christian (Editor), Kletzl, Sebastian (Editor), Neges, Katharina (Editor), Mitterer, Josef (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2017
Subjects:
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Philosophy: logic
Values
truth
destruction
constructivism
non-dualism
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Summary:This paper tries to make plausible the following claims: The paragraphs §608-612 of "On Certainty" do not speak in favour of what Boghossian construes as the Master Argument for Relativism; that "On Certainty" introduces various relativistic themes; and that Boghossian and Wittgenstein conceptualize epistemic systems in rather different ways that lead to very different views on three candidate cases for radical difference in epistemic systems.
ISBN:9783110524055-015
9783110653366; 9783110523423
Access:Open Access

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