Tag Archives: Wittgenstein

Youssef AGUISOUL ABSTRACT: In hinge epistemology, our belief system has two levels: a non-fundamental level of ordinary beliefs and a fundamental level of hinges. This creates a problem concerning hinges. If beliefs require justification, then hinges, as the ground of the system, are unjustified and fail to qualify as genuine beliefs. If hinges are justified, they become ordinary beliefs rather …

Anna BONCOMPAGNI ABSTRACT: In this commentary on Nuno Venturinha’s Description of Situations, after highlighting what in my view are the most significant and innovative features of his work, I focus on Venturinha’s infallibilist approach to knowledge. This topic allows for a wider discussion concerning the pragmatist aspects of the later Wittgenstein’s philosophy. I discuss this in three steps: first, by …