Ep. 309: Wittgenstein On Certainty (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
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🗓️ 23 January 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Discussing the notes Ludwig Wittgenstein made at the end of his life in 1951 that were published as On Certainty in 1969.
Can we coherently doubt propositions like "physical objects exist," "the world is more than 50 years old," and "this is my hand"? Wittgenstein looks at these questions via his framework of language games. Is doubting one of these a legitimate move in a game?
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the partially examined life of Podcast by some guys who had one point |
| 0:11.6 | said on doing philosophy for a living within thought better of it. |
| 0:14.6 | Our question for episode 309 is what is certainty, or discussing Ludwig Wittgenstein's uncertainty, |
| 0:21.0 | a collection of aphorisms composed before his death in 1951, but not published until 1969. |
| 0:26.3 | For more information please see parsleyexaminedlife.com. |
| 0:29.9 | This is Mark Linton-Meyer and Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 0:32.2 | That's how it is, rely upon it. |
| 0:34.6 | This is Seth Paschand in Austin, Texas. |
| 0:37.5 | There is no why. This is just me acting. |
| 0:40.3 | This is Wes AllOne relying on the testimony of others and Cambridge Massachusetts. |
| 0:46.8 | This is Dylan Casey not making a mistake. |
| 0:49.4 | About 12 times 12 is equal to 144 in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 0:54.4 | Unless you're demanded. |
| 0:56.0 | It's all built to this. |
| 0:57.6 | A rather the past two episodes. |
| 0:59.7 | If you saw, hey, Vicenstein's a famous philosopher. |
| 1:01.7 | I was wanting to know about Vicenstein and you went right to this, but you avoided the |
| 1:05.6 | two previous episodes on GE Moore. |
| 1:08.2 | Stop right there. |
| 1:09.2 | Go back, I guess. |
| 1:10.7 | Because this is all about Morian propositions. |
| 1:14.6 | I think that phrase is going to come up a lot. |
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