(61%) 6th July 1993 ON CERTAINTY Is anything of significance lost in giving up the idea of absolute truth? Throughout 'On Certainty', Wittgenstein's aim is to remove the false pictures created by traditional philosophers, by uncovering the true way that our language functions in our lives, and showing the irreconcilable difference between this and the way that philosophers use language in different situations. While Wittgenstein criticises the theories of traditional philosophers, he himself does not come up …showed first 75 words of 2045 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2045 total…we live and interact in a more realistic and considerate manner. There are significant gains then, rather than significant losses, in giving up the idea of absolute truth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** BIBLIOGRAPHY Wittgenstein, Ludwig On Certainty (Oxford: Blackwell, 1969) Moore, George Edward Philosophical Papers (London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1959) Marx, Karl & Engels, Friedrich The Communist Manifesto (London: 1847) Auden, W.H. 'September 1, 1939' published in Mendelson, Edward (ed.) W.H. Auden -Selected Poems (London: Faber and Faber, 1979)