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Wed Sep 12, 2012 470 Stephens Hall 6–8 PM Hosted jointly with OHST |
Working Group in the History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Science Martin Kusch (University of Vienna) Wittgenstein, Metrology, Certainties |
The paper explores the role of metrology (esp. clock coordination and the standard meter) as metaphor and analogy in the later Wittgenstein’s thinking about knowledge and skepticism.