{"product_id":"routledge-philosophy-guidebook-to-wittgenstein-and-on-certainty-9780415450751","title":"Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and on Certainty","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andy Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Epistemology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Wittgenstein is arguably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century. In \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e he discusses central issues in epistemology, including the nature of knowledge and scepticism. \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e introduces and assesses: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eWittgenstein's career and the background to his later philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe central ideas and text of \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e, including its responses to G.E. Moore and discussion of fundamental issues in the theory of knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWittgenstein's continuing importance in contemporary philosophy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eGuideBook\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for all students of Wittgenstein, and for those studying epistemology and philosophy of language. \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty, \u003c\/i\u003eWittgenstein's final work, addresses a category of \"world-picture\" propositions discovered by G.E. Moore. These challenge Wittgenstein's enduring commitment to a well-defined category of empirical propositions, and help to generate a critique of scepticism. Developing Wittgenstein's view that scepticism is self-undermining, the \u003ci\u003eGuidebook \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a combative yet therapeutic interpretation that locates \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e between the standpoints of Kant and Hume. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45236779450519,"sku":"9780415450751","price":11621.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415450751.webp?v=1769214373","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/routledge-philosophy-guidebook-to-wittgenstein-and-on-certainty-9780415450751","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}