Nordic Wittgenstein Review Symposium on James R. Shaw’s Wittgenstein on Rules: Justification, Grammar, and Agreement

Open Review until 2025-11-06

Authors

  • James R. Shaw University of Pittsburgh
  • Oskari Kuusela University of East Anglia
  • Alex Miller University of Otago
  • Hannah Ginsborg University of California, Berkeley

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/nwr.v14.3783

Keywords:

rule-following, skepticism, Kripke, S.

Abstract

Nordic Wittgenstein Review Symposium on James R. Shaw’s Wittgenstein on Rules: Justification, Grammar, and Agreement. With contributions by James R. Shaw, Oskari Kuusela, Alex Miller, and Hannah Ginsborg.

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Published

2025-10-07

How to Cite

Shaw, J. R., Kuusela, O., Miller, A., & Ginsborg, H. (2025). Nordic Wittgenstein Review Symposium on James R. Shaw’s Wittgenstein on Rules: Justification, Grammar, and Agreement: Open Review until 2025-11-06. Nordic Wittgenstein Review, 14. https://doi.org/10.15845/nwr.v14.3783

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