Does Knowledge Rest Upon a Form of Life?

Linking the idea of knowledge with the idea of a certain form of life is uncontestedly one of the lessons the later Wittgenstein wanted to teach us. However, what Wittgenstein exactly meant by this is highly contested in the Wittgenstein literature. In this paper, I distinguish two ways of appealing...

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Main Author: Kern, Andrea 1968- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 13-28
Further subjects:B Stanley Cavell form of life knowledge skepticism Wittgenstein
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