In "Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics", Wittgenstein says that
the question whether a certain sequence of digits occurs in pi is
"queer" and seems to suggest that such a question does not necessarily
have an answer. Isn't this in conflict with his other claims that all
our language-games are in order just as they are and that "it would be
impossible to advance theses in philosophy, because everyone would
agree with them"?
Yes.
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