§62
Wittgenstein presents us with an imagined situation in which the two orders ((i) for broom (ii) for broomstick and attached brush) are given. In this situation the person has a table coordinating names ('brush', 'broomstick', 'broom' etc.) and pictures. Does the person do the same when he carries out each order?
- 'Yes and no' Wittgenstein says.
You might say 'yes' because in both cases the person does as instructed and brings the broom (or the broomstick with brush attached, which amounts to the same thing).
You might say 'no' because in one case the person looks for the word 'broom' and finds the corresponding picture whereas in the second case they look for two words - 'broomstick' and 'brush' - and find (different) pictures correlated. We do not use the words 'the same' in the same way always and everywhere.
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