Understanding Wittgenstein's on Certainty

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.

Author: D. Moyal-Sharrock
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 04/19/2004
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.38w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9781403921758

About the Author
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.