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- Propositions of an ideal language will provide pictures of these facts- Proposition will correctly picture a fact when it has the same kind of structure as the fact- Proposition that expresses a fact must have words that correspond to the parts of the fact, and the arrangement of the words must correspond to the arrangement of the parts of the facts

W I T T G E N S T E I N

THE IDEAL CLEAR LANGUAGE

BEFORE

AFTER

Created “Tractatus-Logico-Philosophicus” where he described the ideal language where one could express all legitimate meanings unambiguously

Complex facts:Built out of atomic facts

Simplest facts: Atomic facts

IF HE IS RIGHT:1) Ideal language is just a dream2) Language is not fixed so true interpretation of a text is not fixed. Meaning of a text is arises from the meaning that people give it as they use it in their everyday lives 3) True interpretation of a text is the interpretation that people give it as they use it

We use language for many different purposes: 1. The meaning of a language or text cannot be isolated from human activities2. Meaning of a language or a text does not depend on the facts it pictures3. Meanings depend on how people use them in the many different activities of life

- Only legitimate meanings were those that could be expressed in his ideal language of facts. - In an ideal language, the simplest atomic facts will be expressed by simple elementary propositions- In an ideal language, the complex facts will made up of elementary propositions

Things open to interpretation