Ludwig Wittgenstein
Source:
- Evernote C202008041945: Book Notes from Philosophical Investigation
- [[202009141606 World of language, there are new and old development]]
#language [[🏠030 Language and Psychology]]
#knowledge
**24 - Remember the different functions in Language Game, so you know if the sentence is a description of something, a cry for help?**
* "24. If you do not keep the multiplicity of language-games in view you will perhaps be inclined to ask questions like: "What is a question?" —Is it the statement that I do not know such-and-such, or the state- ment that I wish the other person would tell me . . . .? Or is it the description of my mental state of uncertainty?—And is the cry "Help!" such a description?"