Philippe Nguemeta

Analysis of the principle of contextuality in Frege and Wittgenstein

From the plurality of truths to the trivialization of knowledge

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Produktbeschreibung

This text analyzes the implications/issues of epistemological contextualism in the theory of knowledge with authors such as Gottlob Frege and Ludwig Wittgenstein. In The Foundations of Arithmetic and Philosophical Investigations respectively, these two authors supported the idea that the conditions for determining truth or knowledge depend on the context of enunciation, the conversational context or the cultural context. In this way, there are several rival conceptions and epistemic norms, because the statements we make only make sense in the context in which they are uttered. Also known as Frege's principle, this contextualism was intended to combat psychologism and compositionality, which admit that the meaning of a sentence depends on the combined meanings of its individual parts. Following Frege's lead, Wittgenstein took up this principle and established that the context of a statement is now the basis of the scientific edifice. From then on, a statement would only have meaning if it could be translated into a context and not into descriptions of things.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 52
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 96g
• ISBN-13: 9786206409458
• ISBN-10: 6206409457
• Artikelnr.: 68794314

Autorenporträt

Philippe Nguemeta es profesor titular de filosofía en la Universidad de Yaundé I, Facultad de Letras, Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Escritor e investigador, es doctor en lógica y epistemología. También es periodista. También es autor de una veintena de artículos científicos.