Wittgenstein and social epistemology / Annalisa Coliva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coliva, Annalisa, 1973- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. 2632-7112.

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, 2632-7112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951--Political and social views.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Social epistemology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (65 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The last twenty years have witnessed a 'social turn' in analytic philosophy. Social epistemology has been crucial to it. Social epistemology starts by repudiating the kind of individualistic epistemology, which, since Descartes' Meditations and through Kant's maxim 'Think for yourself', has dominated philosophy. It is a sign of the deep erasure of Wittgenstein's ideas from many debates in analytic philosophy that neither his views against fundamental tenets of individualistic epistemology, nor his positive contribution to key themes in social epistemology are considered. This Element on Wittgenstein and Social Epistemology is the first comprehensive study of the implications of the later Wittgenstein's ideas for key issues at the core of present-day social epistemology, such as the nature of common sense and its relations to common knowledge; testimony and trust; deep disagreements in connection with genealogical challenges; and the meaning of 'woman' and the role of self-identification in the determination of gender.

Contents:

1 Wittgenstein and the 'Social Turn' in contemporary epistemology

2 Common sense, Hinges, and common knowledge

3 Testimony and trust

4 deep disagreement and the genealogical challenge

5 'I am a Woman'

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on July 28,2025).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-65).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1009551353

1009551361

1009551310

9781009551311

OCLC:

1523235831