Understanding Wittgenstein's On Certainty

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Danièle Moyal-Sharrock

   Pages 1-12

3. Objective Certainty versus Knowledge

   • Danièle Moyal-Sharrock

   Pages 13-32

4. The Nonpropositionality of Some ‘Propositions’

   • Danièle Moyal-Sharrock

   Pages 33-51

5. Objective Certainty and Objective Certainties

   • Danièle Moyal-Sharrock

   Pages 52-71

6. The Features of Hinges

   • Danièle Moyal-Sharrock

   Pages 72-99

7. Types and Origins of Hinges

   • Danièle Moyal-Sharrock

   Pages 100-116

8. Linguistic and Personal Hinges

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   Pages 117-135

9. Local and Universal Hinges

   • Danièle Moyal-Sharrock

   Pages 136-156

10. Objective Certainty versus Scepticism

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    Pages 157-180

11. Certainty as Trust: Belief as a Nonpropositional Attitude

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    Pages 181-201

12. Conclusion: No Gap to Mind

    • Danièle Moyal-Sharrock

    Pages 202-206

13. Back Matter

    Pages 207-250

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This book sheds unprecedented light on Wittgenstein's third masterpiece, On Certainty , clarifying his thoughts on basic beliefs and rebuttal of scepticism. As an introduction and commentary on Wittgenstein's final major philosophical work, Moyal-Sharrock's book will prove an indispensable guide to the student, scholar and general reader.

• knowledge
• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• philosophy
• scepticism
• understanding

• Department of Philosophy, University of East Anglia, UK

  Danièle Moyal-Sharrock

DANIÈLE MOYAL-SHARROCK is Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. She has significantly contributed to highlighting the importance of Wittgenstein's later corpus. She is the editor, with William Brenner, of Reading Wittgenstein's On Certainty (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), and the editor of The Third Wittgenstein: The Post-Investigations Works (Ashgate, 2004), as well as the translator of a forthcoming French edition of On Certainty.

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