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On Certainty

Name: On Certainty
ISBN: 9780061316869

Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. Anscombe, G. H. von Wright

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 6, 1972

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Authors: Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. Anscombe, G. H. von Wright
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: September 6, 1972
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Writing Nonfiction & Memoir · German Literary Criticism
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Written over the last 18 months of his life and inspired by his interest in G. E. Moore's defense 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.