Picture Theory of Language

The central thesis that propositions are logical pictures of reality, sharing a logical form with the states of affairs they depict, and that understanding a proposition means knowing the state of affairs it presents.

Facts, not things, are what propositions picture, aligning language with the structure of reality.

Directly addresses the possibility of forming pictures of the world.

The shared form between imagined and real worlds relates to the picturing relation in language.

Material properties are presented by propositions, reflecting the picture theory that propositions depict states of affairs.