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The beetle in the hexagon, i.e. the bug in the box, is a reference to [[Philosophische Untersuchungen#293|paragraph 293 of the ''Philosophical Investigations'']] (quoted below in G.E.M Anscombe 1953 translation, revised 1958), where Wittgenstein uses a vivid example to discuss the grammar of the expression of experiences: | The beetle in the hexagon, i.e. the bug in the box, is a reference to [[Philosophische Untersuchungen#293|paragraph 293 of the ''Philosophical Investigations'']] (quoted below in G.E.M Anscombe 1953 translation, revised 1958), where Wittgenstein uses a vivid example to discuss the grammar of the expression of experiences: | ||
<blockquote>Suppose everyone had a box with something in it: we call it a "beetle". No one can look into anyone else's box, and everyone says he knows what a beetle is only by looking at ''his'' beetle.—Here it would be quite possible for everyone to have something different in his box. One might even imagine such a thing constantly changing.—But suppose the word "beetle" had a use in these people's language?—If so it would not be used as the name of a thing. The thing in the box has no place in the language-game at all [...].</blockquote> | <blockquote style="border-left: 4px solid #eeeeee; padding: 0 0 0 2em;>''Suppose everyone had a box with something in it: we call it a "beetle". No one can look into anyone else's box, and everyone says he knows what a beetle is only by looking at ''his'' beetle.—Here it would be quite possible for everyone to have something different in his box. One might even imagine such a thing constantly changing.—But suppose the word "beetle" had a use in these people's language?—If so it would not be used as the name of a thing. The thing in the box has no place in the language-game at all [...].''</blockquote> | ||
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