Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
2.2 explained
The picture shares the logical form of representation with the reality it depicts.
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The picture shares the logical form of representation with the reality it depicts.
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- Picture Theory of Language
The picture and what it pictures share a logical form of representation.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition.
Key passages
“The picture has the logical form of representation in common with what it pictures.”
A picture and the thing it depicts share a common logical structure that allows representation.
Clarifies the necessary condition for a picture to represent reality.
