{"product_id":"wittgensteins-on-certainty-9781405134248","title":"Wittgensteins On Certainty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRush Rhees, a close friend of Wittgenstein and a major interpreter of his work, shows how Wittgenstein''s \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e concerns logic, language, and reality  topics that occupied Wittgenstein since early in his career.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthoritative interpretation of Wittgenstein''s last great work, \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e, by one of his closest friends.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDebunks misconceptions about Wittgenstein''s \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e and shows that it is an essay on logic.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExposes the continuity in Wittgenstein''s thought, and the radical character of his conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains a substantial and illuminating afterword discussing current scholarship surrounding \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e, and its relationship to Rhees''s work on this subject.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book contains illuminating remarks and a novel perspective on an important and widely discussed classic. And it has a special authority, being the work of one of the author’s best students and closest friends.\" \u003ci\u003eWilliam Brenner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book contains two remarkable and original contributions by Rush Rhees and D. Z. Phillips to the burgeoning scholarship on Wittgenstein’s On Certainty. I recommend it strongly.\" \u003ci\u003eAvrum Stroll, University of California, San Diego\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND TO ON CERTAINTY 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 On Certainty: A New Topic? 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Saying and Describing 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Concept-Formation 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 ‘Seeing’ and ‘Thinking’ 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Thought and Language 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Picturing Reality 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 What Makes Language Language? 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Logical and the Empirical 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 On Certainty: A Work in Logic 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II DISCUSSIONS OF ON CERTAINTY 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Two Conversations with Wittgenstein on Moore 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Preface to On Certainty 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 On Certainty’s Main Theme 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Induction 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Wittgenstein’s Propositions and Foundations 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Language as Emerging from Instinctive Behaviour 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Words and Things 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Not Worth Mentioning? 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Certainty and Madness 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: Comparisons Between On Certainty and Wittgenstein’s Earlier Work 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: Some Passages Relating to Doubt and Certainty in On Certainty 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword: Rhees on Reading On Certainty 133\u003cbr\u003e D. Z. Phillips\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 192\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407872401751,"sku":"9781405134248","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405134248.jpg?v=1730500808","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wittgensteins-on-certainty-9781405134248","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}