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Book SynopsisSchubert squarely addresses the question of whether there is a single standard of certainty that can be applied to such disparate areas as logic, mathematics, politics, religion, familial/tribal commitments, and science. The result is a new âœphilosophy in a grand mannerâ and a powerful ethical proposal for our time.
Table of ContentsIntroduction I. Personal Proper Names as a Certainty Standard: Plato to Russell Plato Aristotle Medieval Nominalism: Abelard and Ockham Descartes Enlightenment “nominalism”: Hobbes, Locke, Reid, Hume Kant Mill and Frege Russell II. Personal Proper Names as a Certainty Standard: Wittgenstein to Brandom Wittgenstein Godel, Carnap and Ayer Quine Kripke Searle Brandom III. Religious Certainty Religious Facts The Illative Sense Testimony Composite Judgment IV. Political Certainty Tacit Normative Inclusion Juxtaposition Metanarrative Citizen Spells V. Familial/Tribal Certainty Socialization Grice Gettier Grue De Re and De Dicto Aggregated Knowledge as Home Spells (Again) VI. Scientific Certainty Maps and Posits Characterizations Negative-Free Characterizations Scientific Characterizations Natural, Aqueous and “Filled-In” Kinds Popper, Kuhn, Feyerabend Communities of Tacit Knowledge VII. Certainty As We Understand It Reason-Exchanging Practices Problematic Background/Inventory Perfect and Imperfect Characterizations As We Understand It
