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A Very Short Guide To Understanding WittgensteinEidos: The Canadian Graduate Journal of Philosophy 9. 1991.
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9Hunter on WittgensteinDialogue 27 (1): 147. 1988.Understanding Wittgenstein consists of twenty-seven short, self-contained chapters, each concentrating narrowly on a small segment of text, mostly from The Philosophical Investigations. Hunter's own words are apt. “The volume is therefore not comprehensive; but on the topics of which it treats I hope it will be found to have the merit of getting down to the fine detail of Wittgenstein's work, and of often showing, rather than merely saying, what can be made of it”.
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38Confirmation and hypothesisPhilosophy of Science 26 (1): 25-30. 1959.This article consists in a critical examination of an argument which purports to prove that many scientific hypotheses held to be probable are actually certain. The argument rests on the assumption that since the nonphilosopher would say of many scientific hypotheses that they are certain and would deny that the best-established hypotheses are merely probable, philosophers who say that no scientific hypotheses are certain must be mistaken. Examination reveals that the argument fails to take acco…Read more
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7Three Theories of Emotion: Some Views on Philosophical MethodPhilosophical Review 68 (4): 559. 1959.
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