Doubtful Certainties: Language-Games, Forms of Life, Relativism (Aporia)

Gaffal, Margit (Editor) / Padilla Gálvez, Jesús (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3110321602 / ISBN 13: 9783110321609

Published by Walter de Gruyter & Co, 2012

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226 pages. 8.27x5.83x0.71 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Doubtful Certainties: Language-Games, Forms of Life, Relativism (Aporia)
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter & Co
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110321602
• ISBN 13: 9783110321609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.67 kilograms

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Synopsis

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.