§68 The controversy regarding the interpretation of the peculiar grammatical forms which express non-objectifying acts

We now turn to a final discussion of the seemingly trivial, but, correctly regarded, most important and difficult point at issue (see above, §1 ff.) whether the familiar grammatical forms used in our speech for wishes, questions, voluntary intentions – acts, generally speaking, we do not class as ‘objectifying’ – are to be regarded as judgements concerning our acts, or whether these acts themselves, and not merely such as are ‘objectifying’, can function as ‘expressed’, whether in a sense-giving or sense-fulfilling fashion. We are dealing with sentences like ‘Is π a transcendental number?’ ‘May heaven help us!’ etc.