Robert Greenleaf Brice

Exploring Certainty

Wittgenstein and Wide Fields of Thought

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring Certainty: Wittgenstein and Wide Fields of Thought considers how, where, and to what extent the thoughts and ideas found in Wittgenstein's On Certainty can be applied to other areas of thought, including: ethics, aesthetics, religious belief, mathematics, cognitive science, and political theory. Robert Greenleaf Brice opens new avenues of thought for scholars and students of the Wittgensteinian tradition, while introducing original philosophies about human knowledge and cognition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9780739175668
• ISBN-10: 0739175661
• Artikelnr.: 40140726

Autorenporträt

By Robert Greenleaf Brice

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "Wide Fields of Thought" Chapter 1: Common Sense
Propositions: Moore and Wittgenstein Chapter 2: Recognizing Targets Chapter
3: Mistakes and Mental Disturbances: Pleasants, Wittgenstein, and Basic
Moral Certainty Chapter 4: "Aesthetic Scaffolding": Hagberg and
Wittgensteinian Certitude Chapter 5: "Hinge Propositions," Actional
Certainty, and Religious Belief Chapter 6: "The Whole Hurly-Burly":
Wittgenstein, Language, and Embodied Cognition Chapter 7: The Peculiar
Inexorability of Mathematics: Wittgenstein and Mathematical Certainty
Chapter 8: Exceeding A Different Scope: Wittgenstein's Political Views
Chapter 9: "A Sketch of the Landscape"