Chapter Wittgenstein's On Certainty and Relativism

• 1. Verfasser: Kusch, Martin (auth)
• Weitere Verfasser: Rinofner-Kreidl, Sonja (Herausgegeben von), Wiltsche, Harald A. (Herausgegeben von)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2016
• Schlagworte: History of Western philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Metaphilosophy; Analytic philosophy; continental philosophy
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One important strand in the contemporary debate over epistemological relativism focuses on the question whether, and to what extent, Wittgenstein in "On Certainty" (1969) leaned towards this position. This paper is a contribution to this strand. My discussion has four parts. I shall begin...