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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.
What happens
Wittgenstein asserts that a logical picture has the capacity to depict the world, establishing the fundamental relationship between language and reality.
Themes in this chapter
Picture Theory of Language
This proposition directly states the core of the picture theory: logical pictures can depict the world.
Characters to notice
- 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.