2. (d) each of us uses language that is only as precise as our skill with that set of measurements. (e) because in the absence of common experience, common measures, common skill with those measures, we diverge in our individual weights and measures.
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@FedorLives1889 1. Well, like in many things Wittgenstein was a pre-scientific thinker trying to make a scientific argument. However (a) all language consists of measurements, (b) normative language seeks a standard of weights and measures, (c) science seeks to produce the most precise measures.
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