Hinges and Certainty. A Pr\ue9cis of Moore and Wittgenstein. Scepticism, Certainty and Common Sense

In this paper I present and develop the reading of so-called 'hinge propositions' in Wittgenstein's *On Certainty* already advanced in my *Moore and Wittgenstein. Scepticism, Certainty and Common Sense* (Palgrave, 2010). I also draw out its consequences for a number of issues, such as Wittgenstein's anti-skeptical strategies and whether our basic certainties are effable as such