Think
only of
what the cases are || the sort of
cases in which we say that a game is played according to a
particular rule.
The rule may be an aid to
instruction || instructing
people in the game.
The
person learning || pupil is
told the rule and is trained
in its
application. || to apply it.
–
Or it is an
instrument || implement
of the game itself.
–
Or:
a || a
rule is used neither in
instruction || teaching the game
nor in the game itself; nor is it
laid
down || included in a book of rules.
You learn the game by watching how others play
it.
But we say it is played according to such and such
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rules
, because || for
a person watching
the game
can || could read
off || derive these rules from the
practice of the game || way the game is
played, like
a natural law || natural
laws which the actions of the
game
follow || players obey.
–
But how
does the observer distinguish in this
case || , in this case, does the observer distinguish between
a mistake on the part of
the players || a player
and a correct action
in the game?
There are
signs || characteristic signs
for this in the behaviour of the players.
Thi
nk of the ch
aracteristic behaviour
of someone who
has made a slip of the tongue || corrects a
slip of the tongue.
It would be possible to
know that someone was
doing || recognise this
even if we
didn't understand his language.