On trying to say what “goes without saying”. Wittgenstein on certainty and ineffability
This paper offers a philosophical outlook on the subject of the communication of certainty and uncertainty, by focusing on the later Ludwig Wittgenstein’s image of “hinges”. Hinges are basic common sense certainties which ordinarily “go withoutsaying”. In a sense, they even require not to be said. L...
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University of Bologna
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica |
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| Online Access: | http://rpd.unibo.it/article/view/4291 |