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Language games are activities of persons within the context of, and based on, a shared form of life. And, as Wittgenstein remarks, “if language is to be a means of communication there must be agreement not only in definitions but also (queer as this may sound) in judgements” (PI, I, # 242). But what should the nature of this agreement be like if communication is to be both possible and enriching for the community?
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I would like to thank professors Ton Derksen (Nijmegen) and Ruth Jonathan (Edinburgh) and the members of the research group in Philosophy of Education in Nijmegen (The Netherlands) for many helpful comments.
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van Haaften, W. (1995). Wittgenstein and the Significance of Private Meaning. In: Smeyers, P., Marshall, J.D. (eds) Philosophy and Education: Accepting Wittgenstein’s Challenge. Philosophy and Education, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2616-0_3
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