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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cavell, Stanley, 1926The claim of reason : Wittgenstein, skepticism, morality, and tragedy / Stanley Cavell. p. cm.

Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-19-513107-X 1. Knowledge, Theory of. 2. Skepticism. 3. Ethics. 4. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. I. Title. BD161.C355 1999 121-dc21 98-31557

The author is grateful to Basil Blackwell Publisher, Ltd. for permission to quote from Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations and The Blue and Brown Books.

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