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Wittgenstein's Thought Experiments and Relativity Theory [PDF]

, 2019
In this paper, I discuss the similarity between Wittgenstein’s use of thought experiments and Relativity Theory. I begin with introducing Wittgenstein’s idea of “thought experiments” and a tentative classification of different kinds of thought ...
Barry Stroud, Carlo Penco, Christian Erbacher, Elke Brendel, Elmar Geir Unnsteinsson, Giovanni Mion, H. O. Mounce, Hans-Johann Glock, Heather J. Gert, James E. Broyles, James Robert Brown, Jonathan Lear, Lewis Elton, Martin Kusch, Michael Williams, Mikel Burley, Oskari Kuusela, Simon Blackburn, William H. Brenner   +18 more
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Knowledge of Persons [PDF]

, 2013
What is knowledge of persons, and what is knowing persons like? my answer combines Wittgenstein’s epistemology with levinas’s phenomenology. It says that our knowledge of persons is a hinge proposition for us.
Chappell, Timothy
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The Philosophy of Simulation: Hot New Issues or Same Old Stew? [PDF]

, 2007
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A. Frigg, A. Morton, B. Latour, E. Fox Keller, E. Winsberg, F. Guala, F. Guala, J. Hartley, J. Reiss, J. Sterman, Julian Reiss, M. Black, M. Boumans, M. Morgan, M. Morgan, M. Morgan, M. Morgan, M. Morgan, M. Stöckler, N. Cartwright, N. Cartwright, N. Cartwright, N. Srivastava, P. Edwards, P. Galison, P. Humphreys, P. Humphreys, P. Humphreys, P. Humphreys, P. Smith, R. Lucas, R. Sorensen, R. Sugden, Roman Frigg, S. Hartmann, S. Norton, S. Sismondo, U. Mäki   +37 more
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On Atheistic Hinges

Religions
Over the last couple of decades, philosophers have been drawing on ideas from Wittgenstein’s late work On Certainty in developing an approach to epistemology known as “hinge epistemology.” Hinge epistemology has been of particular interest to ...
Thomas D. Carroll
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The Social Epistemology of Consensus and Dissent [PDF]

, 2019
This paper reviews current debates in social epistemology about the relations ‎between ‎knowledge ‎and consensus. These relations are philosophically interesting on their ‎own, but ‎also have ‎practical consequences, as consensus takes an increasingly ...
Miller, Boaz
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An Inquiry into The Epistemology of Late Wittgenstein: Hinge Commitments and Hinge Epistemology

Beytulhikme An International Journal of Philosophy, 2023
Wittgenstein’ın geç dönem epistemolojisine yönelik ilgi son çeyrek yüzyıl içinde giderek artmaktadır. Bu ilginin nedeni, Wittgenstein’ın özellikle Kesinlik Üzerine’de detaylandırdığı epistemolojik çerçevenin, modern epistemolojiyi büyük oranda belirleyen şüphecilik tartışmalarında ezber bozan bir bakış açısı vaat etmesidir.
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Thinking Differently: Wittgenstein on Religious Forms of Life

Religions
The wrong idea that Wittgenstein proposes a version of hinge epistemology has stalled progress in understanding and applying his insights into religious life.
Christopher Hoyt
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Religious Hinge Commitments and Ideology

Religions
In his final notebooks, published as On Certainty, Wittgenstein articulated a radical conception of the structure of rational evaluation, one that had arational hinge commitments at its heart.
Duncan Pritchard
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LGBTQ Identities and Hermeneutical Injustice at the Border

Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2021
This paper applies the framework of epistemic injustice to the context of the asylum process, arguing that asylum seekers are typically at risk of this kind of injustice, which consists in their not being considered credible and not being listened to due
Anna Boncompagni
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Skepticism and Virtue Epistemology: Wittgenstein and Sosa

Philosophies
Ernest Sosa has long been a leading advocate of a virtue-theoretic approach to the traditional problems of epistemology. However, in a recent book his thoughts take a striking new turn. Appealing to our epistemic competencies, he argues, will not suffice
Michael Willliams
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