Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein asserts that a proposition functions as a picture or model of reality, representing how we think reality is.
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Wittgenstein asserts that a proposition functions as a picture or model of reality, representing how we think reality is.
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- Picture Theory of Language
The proposition is explicitly described as a picture of reality.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition
Key passages
“The proposition is a picture of reality.”
A proposition depicts reality.
Core statement of the picture theory.
“The proposition is a model of the reality as we think it is.”
A proposition models reality as we conceive it.
Emphasizes the representational role of propositions.
