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On Certainty by Ludwig Wittgenstein

On Certainty

Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. Anscombe, G. H. von Wright

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 6, 1972

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What We Can Know, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy Writing
Published
HarperCollins, September 6, 1972

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About this book

Written over the last 18 months of his life and inspired by his interest in G. E. Moore's defense of common sense, this much discussed volume collects Wittgenstein's reflections on knowledge and certainty, on what it is to know a proposition for sure.

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  • On Certainty adjacency
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  • close reading, not plot
  • ideas that reward revisiting

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What We Can Know99%
Philosophy of Language35%
Philosophy Writing33%

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Authors
Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. Anscombe, G. H. von Wright
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
September 6, 1972
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Military History