On Certainty
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On Certainty is a posthumously published collection of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s late philosophical notes that investigates the nature of knowledge, doubt, and foundational “hinge” propositions.
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| instanceOf |
book
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collection of philosophical notes → philosophical work → |
| addressesProblem |
criteria for knowledge claims
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foundations of empirical knowledge → radical skepticism → |
| author | Ludwig Wittgenstein → |
| basedOn |
On Certainty
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surface form: "Wittgenstein's notebooks"
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| centralConcept |
forms of life
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hinge propositions → language-games → |
| composedAtEndOf | Ludwig Wittgenstein's life → |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria → |
| discussesWork |
A Defence of Common Sense
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Proof of an External World → |
| editor |
Denis Paul
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Elizabeth Anscombe →
surface form: "G. E. M. Anscombe"
G. H. von Wright → |
| genre | epistemology → |
| hasForm | fragmentary notes → |
| influenced |
contemporary epistemology
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contextualism in epistemology → hinge epistemology → ordinary language philosophy → |
| influencedBy | G. E. Moore → |
| keyThesis |
doubt is only meaningful within a framework of undoubted certainties
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knowledge claims presuppose a background of hinge propositions → some propositions function as ungrounded certainties rather than items of knowledge → |
| language | German → |
| mainSubject |
certainty
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doubt → foundationalism → hinge propositions → knowledge → language and meaning → skepticism → |
| numberOfRemarks | 676 → |
| originalTitle | Über Gewißheit → |
| philosophicalFocus |
logic of knowledge-claims
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relation between doubt and action → |
| philosophicalPeriod |
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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surface form: "late Wittgenstein"
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| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy → |
| publicationStatus | posthumous → |
| publicationYear | 1969 → |
| publisher | Basil Blackwell → |
| relatedWork |
Philosophical Investigations
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The Blue and Brown Books → Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus → |
| settingOfComposition |
City of Cambridge
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surface form: "Cambridge"
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| structure | series of numbered remarks → |
| writtenInPeriod | 1950–1951 → |
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this entity surface form: "Wittgenstein's notebooks"