{"product_id":"9783030907839","title":"SpringerBriefs in Philosophy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpringerBriefs in Philosophy\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBrice, Robert Greenleaf\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book considers the important twentieth century Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and his conception of certainty. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn his work entitled \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e, Wittgenstein provides not only a brilliant solution to a previously intractable philosophical problem, but also the elements of an entirely new way of approaching this and similar longstanding, apparently unresolvable, problems. In \u003ci\u003eOn Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e, he re-conceives the problem of \u003ci\u003eradical skepticism\u003c\/i\u003e–the claim that we can never really be certain of anything except the contents of our own minds–as a kind of philosophical “disease” of thought. His approach to the problem, which is emphasized in the book, is similar to the treatment of disease, has two main goals: (1) bring about an awareness in the philosopher that this kind of extreme skepticism is not a methodological approach to be taken seriously, and, with this awareness, (2) an attempt to replace this radical skepticism with a practical, Common Sense framework. Implicit in Wittgenstein’s approach are a number of strategies found in a contemporary approach to psychotherapy known as \u003ci\u003eCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)\u003c\/i\u003e. These strategies, along with philosophical methods and scientific practices rooted in the \u003ci\u003eScottish School of Common Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, seek to diagnose and treat irrational thoughts and beliefs that often emerge (and re-emerge) in the discipline of philosophy. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe aim of this book, then, is to provide students of philosophy with the tools necessary to adjust and reshape these irrational, self-defeating thoughts and beliefs into something new, something healthy. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2022-02-02\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030907839\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-90781-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 104\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44480512262284,"sku":"9783030907839","price":76.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030907839.jpg?v=1775784330","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030907839","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}