Wittgenstein and pragmatism : On certainty in the light of Peirce and James /
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| Author / Creator: | Boncompagni, Anna, 1973- author. |
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| Imprint: | London : This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2016] ©2016 |
| Description: | xv, 311 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of analytic philosophy History of analytic philosophy. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11041664 |
| Summary: | This book investigates the conflicts concerning pragmatism in Wittgenstein's work On Certainty, through a comparison with the pragmatist tradition as expressed by its founding fathers Charles S. Peirce and William James. It also describes Wittgenstein's first encounters with pragmatism in the 1930s and shows the relevance of Frank Ramsey in the development of his thought. Offering a balanced, critical and theoreticalexamination the author discusses issues such as doubt, certainty, common sense, forms of life, action and the pragmatic maxim. While highlighting the objective convergences and divergences between the two approaches, the volume makes links to ongoing debates on relativism, foundationalism, scepticism and objectivity. It will be of interest to anyone searching for newperspectives on Wittgenstein's philosophy. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 311 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1137588462 9781137588463 |
