A Remark on Conjoining Foundationalism and Logical Pragmatism in the Context of Wittgenstein’s On Certainty

Abstract

In this paper, I will present one argument against the possibility of conjoining Wittgensteinian semantic or logical pragmatism with the traditional (andnon-propositional) epistemic foundationalism. The argument is based on the observation that Wittgensteinian logical pragmatism includes a view according to which that what counts as foundational (i.e. certainties) comes as a package with what they are ought to support, and thus it is impossible to draw a line between foundations and that what is founded, which would be essential to any foundationalist doctrine.