Wittgenstein on Mathematics and Certainties

This paper aims to contribute to the debate over epistemic versus non-epistemic readings of the ‘hinges’ in Wittgenstein’s On Certainty. I follow Marie McGinn’s and Daniele Moyal-Sharrock’s lead in developing an analogy between mathematical sentences and certainties, and using the former as a model...

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Main Author: Kusch, Martin (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2016, Volume: 6, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 120-142
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Wittgenstein, Ludwig 1889-1951, Über Gewissheit / Theorem / Certitude
Further subjects:B Wittgenstein Marie McGinn Daniele Moyal-Sharrock mathematics certainties
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