Write a paper (of 3-4 pp. or 900-1200 words) in which you consider a relation between two different remarks in the Investigations. While you should address material in two differently numbered remarks (or sections) of the Investigation, you need not consider the whole of either numbered remark (or section). Although the remarks you consider may be consecutive, you will often find the closest connections between remarks that are not consecutive.

In discussing these remarks, you should do the following:

• describe the content of each remark;

• describe the sort of relation you see between them;

• consider what Wittgenstein might have wanted to accomplish by including remarks that are related in this way;

• say whether, in your view, Wittgenstein was successful in doing what he intended to.

There is no need, however, for these elements of the paper to appear as separate parts of it; they are simply that should appear in some way, however you organize the paper.

The relations you find between remarks can be quite varied. One may answer a question raised by the other, modify a view suggested in the other, lay the groundwork for understanding the other, or provide an example analogous to one provided by the other; and these are only some of the possible relations. Although the relation you discuss is likely to be one that Wittgenstein had in mind, that’s not necessary. That is, Wittgenstein’s aims in including these remarks need not be tied to the relation you see. In particular, one possible relation between two remarks is that, despite Wittgenstein’s intentions, one undermines what you think he hoped to accomplish with the other.