Wittgenstein suggested that a meaningful proposition pictured a state of affairs or atomic fact .
The picture theory of language , also known as the picture theory of meaning , is a theory of linguistic reference and meaning articulated by Ludwig Wittgenstein in the Tractatus Logico - Philosophicus .
Ludwig Wittgenstein suggested that a meaningful proposition pictured a state of affairs or atomic fact .
The picture theory of language , also known as the picture theory of meaning , is a theory of linguistic reference and meaning articulated by Ludwig Wittgenstein in the Tractatus Logico - Philosophicus .