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In this chapter, linguistic and personal hinges are examined. As noted in the previous chapter, linguistic hinges are straightforward grammatical rules that precisely define our use of individual words and numbers. However precise, these rules need not be formulated in order to be assimilated and conformed to. Personal hinges have to do with the certainties that underpin what we say or think about ourselves as individuals.
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This is described by Wallace I. Matson in ‘Certainty Made Simple’ (Matson, 1991). Moore was delivering the Howison Lecture at Berkeley in 1941.
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© 2004 Danièle Moyal-Sharrock
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Moyal-Sharrock, D. (2004). Linguistic and Personal Hinges. In: Understanding Wittgenstein’s On Certainty. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230504462_7
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