Exploring certainty : Wittgenstein and wide fields of thought / Robert Greenleaf Brice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brice, Robert Greenleaf, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Certainty.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. Über Gewissheit.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 cognit

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Common Sense Propositions; 2 Recognizing Targets; 3 Mistakes and Mental Disturbances; 4 "Aesthetic Scaffolding"; 5 "Hinge Propositions"; 6 "The Whole Hurly-Burly"; 7 The Peculiar Inexorability of Mathematics; 8 Exceeding a Different Scope; 9 "A Sketch of the Landscape"; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-32230-6

0-7391-7567-X

OCLC:

874029571