What Do Philosophers Do?: Maddy, Moore and Wittgenstein
The paper discusses and presents an alternative interpretation to Penelope Maddy’s reading of G.E. Moore’s and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s anti-skeptical strategies as proposed in her book What Do Philosophers Do? Skepticism and the Practice of Philosophy. It connects this discussion with the methodologic...
| Published in: | International journal for the study of skepticism |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 198-207 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Maddy, Penelope 1950-, What do philosophers do?
/ Philosophy
/ Scepticism
/ Wittgenstein, Ludwig 1889-1951
/ Moore, George Edward 1873-1958
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G.E. Moore
Ludwig Wittgenstein
skepticism
common sense
therapy
meta-philosophy
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| Summary: | The paper discusses and presents an alternative interpretation to Penelope Maddy’s reading of G.E. Moore’s and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s anti-skeptical strategies as proposed in her book What Do Philosophers Do? Skepticism and the Practice of Philosophy. It connects this discussion with the methodological claims Maddy puts forward and offers an alternative to her therapeutic reading of Wittgenstein’s On Certainty. |
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| ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
| Contains: | In: International journal for the study of skepticism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-20181341 |