{"product_id":"wittgensteins-on-certainty-robert-greenleaf-brice-9783030907839","title":"Wittgenstein's on Certainty: Insight and Method","description":"This book considers the important twentieth century Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and his conception of certainty. \u003cbr\u003eIn his work entitled \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e, Wittgenstein provides not only a brilliant solution to a previously intractable philosophical problem, but also the elements of an entirely new way of approaching this and similar longstanding, apparently unresolvable, problems. In \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e, he re-conceives the problem of \u003ci\u003eradical skepticism\u003c\/i\u003e-the claim that we can never really be certain of anything except the contents of our own minds-as a kind of philosophical \"disease\" of thought. His approach to the problem, which is emphasized in the book, is similar to the treatment of disease, has two main goals: (1) bring about an awareness in the philosopher that this kind of extreme skepticism is not a methodological approach to be taken seriously, and, with this awareness, (2) an attempt to replace this radical skepticism with a practical, Common Sense framework. Implicit in Wittgenstein's approach are a number of strategies found in a contemporary approach to psychotherapy known as \u003ci\u003eCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)\u003c\/i\u003e. These strategies, along with philosophical methods and scientific practices rooted in the \u003ci\u003eScottish School of Common Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, seek to diagnose and treat irrational thoughts and beliefs that often emerge (and re-emerge) in the discipline of philosophy. \u003cbr\u003eThe aim of this book, then, is to provide students of philosophy with the tools necessary to adjust and reshape these irrational, self-defeating thoughts and beliefs into something new, something healthy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Greenleaf Brice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 303090783X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030907839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.25d","brand":"Robert Greenleaf Brice","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945989636351,"sku":"9783030907839","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dff7edc4-6a6e-408a-931e-acea41561344.jpg?v=1681510902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wittgensteins-on-certainty-robert-greenleaf-brice-9783030907839","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}