Contemporary Skepticism: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide (Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guides) by Pritchard Duncan

Author:Pritchard, Duncan [Pritchard, Duncan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

WITTGENSTEINIAN APPROACHES

Inspired mostly by On Certainty (Wittgenstein 1969, cited under Precursors to the Contemporary Debate), a number of commentators have tried to offer a distinctive approach to the skeptical problem, one that trades on the idea that there are certain “bedrock” or “hinge” commitments that people are compelled to have. The thought is that recognizing this fact, and its implications for the way one thinks of the epistemological project, has important implications for how one thinks of the skeptical problem. Williams 1991 is the key text in this regard, in that it offers a comprehensive discussion of the skeptical problem from this perspective, offering a broadly contextualist response to the skeptical problem. Williams 1991, McGinn 1989, and Stroll 1994 discuss the Wittgensteinian response to the skeptical problem in light of Moore’s commonsense response (See Moore 1939, cited under Precursors to the Contemporary Debate). Wright 2004 has been one of the key figures to argue for a Wittgenstein-inspired response that is explicitly anti-contextualist. Davies 2004 and Wright 2004 respond to one another as part of a symposium on this particular rendering of the Wittgensteinian position. Pritchard 2009 offers a useful survey of the various Wittgensteinian positions available and discusses the influence of these views on the contemporary debate regarding skepticism. McManus 2004 is an important recent collection of articles on Wittgensteinian treatments of skepticism.

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