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The Threat of Solipsism - Wittgenstein and Cavell on Meaning, Skepticism, and Finitude (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,935
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The Threat of Solipsism - Wittgenstein and Cavell on Meaning, Skepticism, and Finitude (Hardcover): Jonadas Techio

The Threat of Solipsism - Wittgenstein and Cavell on Meaning, Skepticism, and Finitude (Hardcover)

Jonadas Techio

Series: Berlin Studies in Knowledge Research

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Much attention has been paid to Wittgenstein's treatment of solipsism and to Cavell's treatment of skepticism. But comparatively little has been made of the striking connections between the early Wittgenstein's view on the truth of solipsism and Cavell's view on the truth of skepticism, and how that relates to the claim that the later Wittgenstein sees privacy as a constant human possibility. This book offers close readings of representative writings by both authors and argues that an adequate understanding of solipsism and skepticism requires taking into account a set of underlying difficulties related to a disappointment with finitude which might ultimately lead to the threat of solipsism. That threat is further interpreted as a wish not to bear the burden of having to constantly negotiate and nurture the fragile connections with the world and others which are the conditions of possibility for finite beings to achieve meaning and community. By presenting Wittgenstein's and Cavell's responses in an order which reflects the chronology of their writings, the result is a cohesive articulation of some under-appreciated aspects of their philosophical methodologies which has the potential of reorienting our entire reading of their work.

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Imprint: De Gruyter
Country of origin: Germany
Series: Berlin Studies in Knowledge Research
Release date: November 2020
First published: 2021
Authors: Jonadas Techio
Dimensions: 230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 978-3-11-070265-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
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LSN: 3-11-070265-7
Barcode: 9783110702651

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