Wittgensteinian Pyrrhonism

Duncan Pritchard

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1991-0_10

Wittgensteinian Pyrrhonism

Duncan Pritchard^*

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In his final notebooks, published as On Certainty, Wittgenstein puts forward a radical picture regarding the structure of reasons. It is argued that this conception of the structure of reasons can be used to motivate a kind of restricted skepticism which shares some essential features with the classical Pyrrhonian skeptical stance. I christen the view that results, “Wittgensteinian Pyrrhonism.”

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Pyrrhonism in Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Philosophy
Editors	Diego E. Machuca
Place of Publication	Dordrecht, Netherlands
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Pages	193-202
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9789400719910
ISBN (Print)	9789400719903
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1991-0_10
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes

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