[[[Ludwig Wittgenstein]]]] Evernote C202008041945: Book Notes from Philosophical Investigation [[202009141612 Language is like coding, each code with different functions]] #language #words **Different words have different functions. Like the different kind of handles in a train.** "12. It is like looking into the cabin of a locomotive. We see handles all looking more or less alike. (Naturally, since they are all supposed to be handled.) But one is the handle of a crank which can be moved continuously (it regulates the opening of a valve); another is the handle of a switch, which has only two effective positions, it is either off or on; a third is the handle of a brake-lever, the harder one pulls on it, the harder it brakes; a fourth, the handle of a pump: it has an effect only so long as it is moved to and fro.” - page 6, Book Notes from Philosophical Investigation.