Wittgenstein laid siege to certainty like no one before or since...so read him if you want to get a feel for the philosophical maturity necessary to really approach the subject.
Be warned, however...the man was a genius of the very highest order, and it hardly bodes well for his aspiring reader to note that,
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It
[the Tracticus Logico-Philisophicus] was examined by
[Bertrand] Russell and
[G.E.] Moore; at the end of the thesis defence, Wittgenstein clapped the two examiners on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I know you'll never understand it."
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