(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 tradit...

As children, most of us learn to trust that our parents will always be there for us and that they have our best interest at heart. We also learn that we cannot stop certain things, such as the Earth's periodical rotation, the rise and set of the sun, and even the hands of a clock. My thesis is based...