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== What is The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project? ==
== What is The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project? ==
The LWP is a <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content free culture]</span> project whose purpose is to make Wittgenstein's works available online, in the original language and in translation, free of charge and with a free license. A short video introduction to the project is available:
The LWP is a <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content free culture]</span> project whose purpose is to make Wittgenstein’s works available online, in the original language and in translation, free of charge and with a free license. A short video introduction to the project is available:


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The beetle in the hexagon, i.e. the bug in the box, is a reference to {{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}<2022|paragraph 293 of the ''Philosophical Investigations''|[[Philosophische Untersuchungen#293|paragraph 293 of the ''Philosophical Investigations'']]}}, 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 {{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}<2022|paragraph 293 of the ''Philosophical Investigations''|[[Philosophische Untersuchungen#293|paragraph 293 of the ''Philosophical Investigations'']]}}, where Wittgenstein uses a vivid example to discuss the grammar of the expression of experiences:


:''Let's suppose every person owned a box containing something we call a "beetle". No one can ever look inside someone else's box; and everyone says that they know what a beetle is based only on the sight of ''their own'' beetle.&mdash;Here it could well be that each and every person has something different in their box. One could even imagine that such a thing changes constantly.&mdash;But what if the word "beetle" did have a use among these people?&mdash;Then this use would not be that of signifying a thing. The thing in the box does not belong to the language game at all [...].''
:''Let’s suppose every person owned a box containing something we call a "beetle". No one can ever look inside someone else’s box; and everyone says that they know what a beetle is based only on the sight of ''their own'' beetle.&mdash;Here it could well be that each and every person has something different in their box. One could even imagine that such a thing changes constantly.&mdash;But what if the word "beetle" did have a use among these people?&mdash;Then this use would not be that of signifying a thing. The thing in the box does not belong to the language game at all [...].''