A01=Bruce Aune
Analytic Truth
Antecedent Probability
argument
Author_Bruce Aune
Berkeley
calculus
Category=QDTJ
Category=QDTK
classical
Classical Empiricists
Colored Expanses
empiricism
empiricist
epistemology
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
experimental
Experimental Inference
Follow
Held
Independent
inference
justification of sensory knowledge
language
Mere Operation
Mere Relation
Normal Observer
Observational Beliefs
philosophy of science
Primary Qualities
private
Private Languages
probability
Probability Calculus
probability theory
Purple
relation
scientific evidence analysis
Secondary Qualities
Skeptical Solution
Smooth
solipsism debate
Spatio Temporal Objects
Strong
Testimony
Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein's Private Language Argument
Product details
- ISBN 9780415047470
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 27 Jun 1991
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Many philosophers believe that the traditional problem of our knowledge of the external world was dissolved by Wittgestein and others. They argue that it was not really a problem - just a linguistic `confusion' that did not actually require a solution. Bruce Aune argues that they are wrong. He casts doubt on the generally accepted reasons for putting the problem aside and proposes an entirely new approach. By considering the history of the problem from Descartes to Kant, Aune shows that analogous arguments create difficulties for the contemporary philosophical consensus. He makes it clear that the problem remains acute, particualarly for our understanding of scientific evidence. The solution he proposes draws upon contemporary philosophy of science and probability theory.
