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3. Meaning is use

Loading… · Investigations §§23–43

About this game

How to play

  1. Someone in the café says something: “It's a bit cold in here.” Look at what is going on.
  2. Choose what to do or say. The same words can be a request, a hint or a complaint, depending on the situation.
  3. After each round you see what job the words were doing.

The idea

Note the caution: 'not for all'. Here, what 'It's a bit cold in here' meant depended on what it was being used to do.

Philosophical Investigations §43. Read the passage