Extending Hinge Epistemology

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Hinge Epistemology is rapidly becoming one of the most exciting areas of epistemology and Wittgenstein studies. In connecting thesetwo fields it brings a revived energy to both, opening them up to fresh developments. The essays in this volume extend the subject interms of both depth and breadth. They present new voices and challenges within hinge epistemology. They explore new applicationsand directions of hinge epistemology, particularly as it relates to the philosophy of mind, society, ethics, and the history of ideas.

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Edited by two leading authorities on Wittgensteins philosophy, this volume further extends and consolidates the burgeoningresearch programme on hinge epistemology. The epistemic lessons to be derived from reflection on the epistemology ofcertainty are opened out to domains beyond the purely epistemic such as, politics, ideology, the extended individual, etc. Dr. Nigel Pleasants, SeniorLecturer in Philosophy and Sociology, University of Exeter, UK.

Never before have epistemologists been so genuinely interested in Wittgensteins later work as in recent years. ExtendingHinge Epistemology brings together insightful essays by some of the leading scholars in the field and will be essential readingfor anyone seeking to go beyond the mere exegesis of On Certainty. Nuno Venturinha, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Hinge Epistemology: Fastening the Hinges, Opening the Door provides a further demonstration of the wide-rangingsignificance of Wittgensteins thoughts on knowledge, doubt and certainty for philosophical epistemology and for ourthinking about human life more generally. The authors, comprising both established experts in the field and more up-and-coming scholars, develop the approach of hinge epistemology in fruitful ways, bringing out its relevance to multiple areas ofhuman thought and activity, including religion, politics, scepticism and enactivism, as well as considering the extent to whichthe approach was prefigured in the work of earlier philosophers such as David Hume and Thomas Reid. The volumeconstitutes a valuable contribution to contemporary epistemology and Wittgenstein studies. Dr Mikel Burley, AssociateProfessor of Religion and Philosophy, University of Leeds, UK.

This book is an impressive collection of essays on hinge epistemology that provide clarification on both existing debates and original interventions. This collection brings together well-known names in hinge epistemology with newer voices engaging with a range of philosophical areas and presenting a range of philosophical positions Samuel Laves, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Filosofia, Lisbon, Portugal.

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Constantine Sandis is professor of philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire, a founding director of Lex Academic, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Danile Moyal-Sharrockis professor of philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire and president of the British Wittgenstein Society.