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According to early Wittgenstein, a proposition must share a pictorial form with :

  • A.its apparent content
  • B.its use in a context
  • C.the state of affairs it represents
  • D.other propositions of same class

Answer: C

A proposition shares pictorial form with the state of affairs it represents.

In the Tractatus (1921), Wittgenstein's picture theory holds that a proposition is a logical picture of reality. Its elements stand for objects, and their arrangement shows how objects are arranged in the state of affairs; this shared logical (pictorial) form is what lets the proposition represent it.

Meaning as use in a context is the later Wittgenstein of the Investigations. Apparent content and other propositions of the same class are not what the picture theory requires.

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