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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 assume that every person owns a little 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 only based on the sight of ''their own'' beetle.&mdash;Therefore it could well be that each and every person has something different in their box. One could even imagine that such thing changes constantly.&mdash;But what if the word "beetle" did have a use among these people?&mdash;Then this use would not be the use of the designation of a thing. The thing in the little box would not belong to the language game at all [...].''
:''Let's suppose that every person owned a little 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 little box does not belong to the language game at all [...].''


== Can I get involved? ==
== Can I get involved? ==


== Can I donate to the Project? ==
== Can I donate to the Project? ==