Do you know or only believe you have hands? How does such a belief arise? Isn't this something that occurs early in development, that is, at an early age. First comes the deed or the act, that is how bedrock beliefs arise (at least those that form apart from language, and many or most of those within language). — Sam26
It's interesting to note that foundational doctrines and structuralist assertions within the field of philosophy have only led to very few bedrock or hinge propositions. Such, as "I think, therefore, I am", and the next closest thing as the Principle of Sufficient Reason, which has been discredited as of late. — Wallows
What Wittgenstein is talking about in 327 has nothing to do with what I'm talking about. — Sam26
I'm not sure what any of this has to do with On Certainty. I'm sorry but I don't see the connection between any of this and my points in my paper. — Sam26
Ironically, lucid dreamers use the presence of their dream hands within a dream as a cue to detect that they are dreaming. Said in this dream situation, is the sentence "I know I have hands" a hinge proposition or an epistemological claim? If a dreamer insisted the former they would fail the reality check and remain non-lucid. — sime
Do you think Wittgenstein's goal in OC was at some foundationalist attempt, despite there being a lot of controversy about logical foundationalism in the TLP, and contextualism or correspondence in the Investigations? — Wallows
No, that wasn't his goal, although some might think so based on some of the things he said. I don't agree with your characterization of the TLP or the Investigations. — Sam26
I hope things are well with you Wallows. — Sam26
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