The Hardness of the Soft: Wittgenstein’s Early Thought About Skepticism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Introduction: From Kant to Cavell 1
4. Part I: After Kant+
5. Skepticism after Kant 17
6. Knowledge, Reasons, and Causes: Sellars and Skepticism 59
7. Why Do Our Reasons Come to an End? 81
8. Skepticism, Stroud, and the Contextuality of Knowledge 105
9. Finite Knowledge 123
10. Part II: After Wittgenstein
11. The Hardness of the Soft: Wittgenstein’s Early Thought About Skepticism 145
12. Skepticism in Interpretation 183
13. Interpretation: Everyday and Philosophical 215
14. Rule-Following Skepticism, Properly So Called 249
15. Part III: After Cavell
16. Inner Constancy, Outer Variation: Stanley Cavell on Grammar, Criteria, and Rules 291
17. The Normativity of the Natural 311
18. Tragedy and Skepticism: On Hamlet 363
19. Cavell, Skepticism, and the Idea of Philosophical Criticism 389
20. Cavell and Other Animals 429
21. Contributors 451
22. Index of Persons 455