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Single Idea 3596

[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique ]

Full Idea

Wittgenstein remarked that if you tried to doubt everything, you would not get as far as doubting anything.

Gist of Idea

Total doubt can't even get started

Source

report of Ludwig Wittgenstein (On Certainty [1951]) by Michael Williams - Problems of Knowledge Ch.14

Book Ref

Williams,Michael: 'Problems of Knowledge' [OUP 2001], p.159

The 3 ideas from 'On Certainty'

3596 Total doubt can't even get started [Wittgenstein, by Williams,M]
4721 If you are not certain of any fact, you cannot be certain of the meaning of your words either [Wittgenstein]
3597 Foundations need not precede other beliefs [Wittgenstein]