Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
2.19 explained
Wittgenstein asserts that a logical picture has the capacity to depict the world, establishing the fundamental relationship between language and reality.
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Wittgenstein asserts that a logical picture has the capacity to depict the world, establishing the fundamental relationship between language and reality.
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- Picture Theory of Language
This proposition directly states the core of the picture theory: logical pictures can depict the world.
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- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition, presenting the core idea of logical picturing.
Key passages
“The logical picture can depict the world.”
A logically structured representation is capable of representing reality.
Clarifies the active role of logical form in representation.
