1st Edition

Wittgenstein and Scepticism

Edited By Denis McManus Copyright 2004
318 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

Wittgenstein is arguably the greatest philosopher of the last hundred years and scepticism is one of the central problems that modern philosophy faces. This collection is the first to be devoted to an examination of how that great philosopher's work bears on this fundamental philosophical problem. Wittgenstein's reaction to scepticism is complex, articulating both a sense that sceptical problems... Read more
INTRODUCTION, Denis McManus; Chapter 1 WITTGENSTEINIAN CERTAINTIES, Crispin Wright; Chapter 2 SCEPTICISM AND PRAGMATISM, Akeel Bilgrami; Chapter 3 WITTGENSTEIN'S REFUTATION OF IDEALISM, Michael Williams; Chapter 4 VARIETIES OF SCEPTICISM, James Conant; Chapter 5 SOLIPSISM AND SCEPTICISM IN THE TRACTATUS, Denis McManus; Chapter 6 WITTGENSTEIN AND THE QUESTION OF LINGUISTIC IDEALISM, Ilham Dilman; Chapter 7 WHAT ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS FOR?, Jane Heal; Chapter 8 UNDERSTANDING SCEPTICISM, Andrea Kern; Chapter 9 LIVING WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE OTHER, Edward Minar; Chapter 10 THE EVERYDAY ALTERNATIVE TO SCEPTICISM, Marie McGinn; Chapter 11 SCEPTICISM AND TRAGEDY, Anthony Palmer; Chapter 12 REPLY TO FOUR Chapter S, Stanley Cavell;

Biography

Denis McManus is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He works on the philosophy of the mind and language, with particular interest in the work of Heidegger.