You couldn't call moaning a description! But this shows you how far the proposition “I have toothache” is from a ‘description’, & how far teaching the use of the word toothache is from teaching the word tooth.

(2015–) Wittgenstein Source Bergen Nachlass Edition (WS-BNE). Edited by the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen under the direction of Alois Pichler. In: Wittgenstein Source, curated by Alois Pichler (2009–) and Joseph Wang-Kathrein (2020–). (N) Bergen: WAB.



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