Wittgenstein’s On Certainty

Rush Rhees, a close friend of Wittgenstein and a major interpreter of his work, shows how Wittgenstein’s <i>On Certainty</i> concerns logic, language, and reality – topics that occupied Wittgenstein since early in his career.<br /> <p><br /> </p> <p><br /> </p> <p><br /> </p> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Authoritative interpretation of Wittgenstein’s last great work, <i>On Certainty</i>, by one of his closest friends.<br /> </li> <li>Debunks misconceptions about Wittgenstein’s <i>On Certainty</i> and shows that it is an essay on logic.<br /> </li> <li>Exposes the continuity in Wittgenstein’s thought, and the radical character of his conclusions.<br /> </li> <li>Contains a substantial and illuminating afterword discussing current scholarship surrounding <i>On Certainty</i>, and its relationship to Rhees’s work on this subject.</li> </ul>