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Doubtful certainties : language-games, forms of life, relativism /
To what extent can we doubt certainties? How are certainties expressed in words? Which language games convey certainty? To answer these questions we have to recall the method Wittgenstein used in his investigations. When we look at language games and forms of life as inseparable phenomena, do forms...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag,
2012.
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| Colección: | APORIA ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | To what extent can we doubt certainties? How are certainties expressed in words? Which language games convey certainty? To answer these questions we have to recall the method Wittgenstein used in his investigations. When we look at language games and forms of life as inseparable phenomena, do forms of life then provide any certainty? On the other hand, do we automatically relapse into relativism once we doubt certainties? Which formal structures underlie certainty and doubt? The book is intended to answer these questions. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (226 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3868381716 9783868381719 9781299723245 1299723241 9783110321609 3110321602 9783110321920 3110321920 |