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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