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JournalISSN: 0190-0536

Philosophical Investigations 

Wiley-Blackwell
About: Philosophical Investigations is an academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Philosophy & Epistemology. It has an ISSN identifier of 0190-0536. Over the lifetime, 710 publications have been published receiving 3403 citations. The journal is also known as: Philosophische Untersuchungen.


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TL;DR: In this paper, a colloque consacre a l'essai de Wittgenstein sur "La certitude" is described, and l'interpretation proposed by M. McGinn is examined.
Abstract: Dans le cadre du colloque consacre a l'essai de Wittgenstein sur «La certitude», organise par H. E. Mason a l'universite du Minnesota en octobre 1996, l'A. etudie la conception du non-sens developpee par Wittgenstein en reponse a la refutation du scepticisme entreprise par Moore. Soulignant l'incompatibilite de la proposition et du contexte de son utilisation, et examinant l'interpretation proposee par M. McGinn, l'A. montre que le probleme souleve dans «La certitude» releve de la definition de la signification chez Frege, d'une part, et montre comment la philosophie tardive de Wittgenstein realise une generalisation du principe fregeen du contexte a l'ensemble des jeux de langage, d'autre part

126 citations

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TL;DR: When it is asked if it is possible for us to understand alien cultures, a contrast is implied with a certain conception of the understanding we have of our own culture as mentioned in this paper, and this contrast has certain parallels with the philosophical "problem of other minds".
Abstract: When it is asked if it is ‘possible’ for us to understand alien cultures, a contrast is implied with a certain conception of the understanding we have of our own culture. This contrast has certain parallels with the philosophical ‘problem of other minds’, in which a contrast is also drawn between understanding myself and others. Though these are different questions, they are related — in that somewhat parallel confusion about the notion of ‘understanding’ are involved in both. Our own culture is not in principle transparent to our understanding; neither are other cultures in principle opaque.

56 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202316
202248
202138
202015
201931
201821