Boncompagni Wittgenstein and Pragmatism

On Certainty in the Light of Peirce and James
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-58847-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 311 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: History of Analytic Philosophy

This book investigates the conflicts concerning pragmatism inWittgenstein’s work On Certainty, through a comparison with thepragmatist tradition as expressed by its founding fathers Charles S. Peirceand William James. It also describes Wittgenstein’s first encounters withpragmatism in the 1930s and shows the relevance of Frank Ramsey in the development of his thought. Offering a balanced, critical and theoretical examination the author discusses issues such as doubt, certainty, commonsense, forms of life, action and the pragmatic maxim. While highlightingthe 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 new perspectives on Wittgenstein’s philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boncompagni, Anna

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editor Foreword.- Foreword.- Acknowledgments.- List of Abbreviations.- 1. Introduction. ‘A kind of Weltanschauung’.- PART I – BEFORE ON CERTAINTY.- 2. Chapter 1. Pragmatism in Wittgenstein before On Certainty.- PART II – ON CERTAINTY.- 3. Chapter 2. Reasonable doubts and unshakable certainties.- 4. Chapter 3. Common sense and Weltbild.- 5. Chapter 4. Action and the pragmatic maxim.- PART III – BROADENING THE PERSPECTIVE.- 6. Chapter 5. From ground to background.- 7. Chapter 6. Between method and Weltanschauung.- 8. Conclusion. ‘I’ll teach you differences’.- Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Anna Boncompagni (University of California, Irvine) works mainly on Wittgenstein’s later philosophy and on pragmatism, and is also interested in phenomenology, the history of analytic philosophy, and the philosophy of psychiatry. Her previous publications include “Elucidating Forms of Life: The Evolution of a Philosophical Tool”, Nordic Wittgenstein Review (2015) and Wittgenstein: Lo Sguardo e il Limite (2012).