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"The seventh volume of the Wittgenstein corpus, which contains notes written at the end of his life.... Provides a straightforward guide to the thought of this most complex of philosophers." -- "Bookseller""The volume is full of thought-provoking insights which will prove a stimulus both to further study and to scholarly disagreement." -- Alan R. White, "Philosophical Books""All students of philosophy will want to read it. What it contains is his notes on knowledge and doubt, written in the last year and a half of his life, mainly in answer to G. E. Moore's articles on these subjects." -- "British Book News"
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Written over the last 18 months of his life and inspired by his interest in G. E. Moore′s defence 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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1. If you do know that here is one hand, we'll grant you all the rest. Read the first page
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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A late great work by one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers. Sketches a holistic and "humanistic" picture of knowledge, belief, and social practice.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is not a page turner, in fact you have to read each gnomic paragraph several times to determine what precisely it means and why exactly it has been included at this poiunt. Well, what do expect from ground breaking philosophy from a testily eccentric genius?
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On Certainty was LWs last effort to tacle the problem of philosophy. Especially the issue of being certain of things. It consists of a number of reflections on how you reason when you are certain. LW concludes that every uncertainty have its ground in some sort of basic knowledge. You know something to uncertain of something in that area. It is a book that is very easy to read, as opposed to the ones he has written.
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