§11

In §11 Wittgenstein compares the uses of tools to the uses of words. [Methodological point - Wittgenstein uses analogies to bring our attention to the diversity of uses of words). The tools in a toolbox are used for a variety of tasks - tightening nuts, hammering nails etc. The uses of words are similarly diverse - and this is something that isn't brought out by the Augustinian picture.

Why is it significant that the Augustinian picture does not attend to the variety of uses of words?
- Because it thereby distorts the picture of the 'essence of language'.
- Because attending to the variety of uses of words helps to dissolve philosophical problems.

Wittgenstein has already raised a set of philosophical issues surrounding reference and meaning. In §11 he suggests that when doing philosophy we are especially prone to failing to recognise the use of words - and this is a problem.