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The paragraph numbered ‘501’ in the notes that have come down to us under the title of On Certainty raises a puzzle. At least, I think that most readers of Wittgenstein should find it very puzzling. It runs as follows:
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Read, R. (2005). ‘The First Shall be Last and the Last Shall be First …’: A New Reading of On Certainty 501. In: Moyal-Sharrock, D., Brenner, W.H. (eds) Readings of Wittgenstein’s On Certainty. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505346_15
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