Editing Certainty (section)

== Ludwig Wittgenstein – 20th century ==
{{quote box|If you tried to doubt everything you would not get as far as doubting anything. The game of doubting itself presupposes certainty.|author=[[Ludwig Wittgenstein]]|source=''[[On Certainty]]'', #115|width=28em}}
''[[On Certainty]]'' is a series of notes made by [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] just prior to his death. The main theme of the work is that [[Context (language use)|context]] plays a role in epistemology. Wittgenstein asserts an [[anti-foundationalism|anti-foundationalist]] message throughout the work: that every claim can be doubted but certainty is possible in a framework. "The function [propositions] serve in language is to serve as a kind of framework within which empirical propositions can make sense".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/wittgenstein/section4.rhtml |title=On Certainty |author-link=Ludwig Wittgenstein |first=Ludwig |last=Wittgenstein |publisher=[[SparkNotes]]}}</ref>