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In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein saw a statement or thought as

    { 1 } - a picture (or model) of a possible fact (or state of affairs).
    { 2 } - part of a social "language game."
    { 3 } - meaningless unless it could be verified empirically.

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1 is correct!

In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein saw a statement or thought as

A model represents a possible situation. It agrees with reality or fails to agree; it is correct or incorrect, true or false. In order to tell whether a model is true or false we must compare it with reality.

If we take this "picture" idea literally, we could make statements only about concrete physical situations -- and not about ethics or religion or philosophy. Then these latter areas couldn't be talked about; they'd go beyond what could be put into language.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein saw a statement or thought as

    { 1 } - a picture (or model) of a possible fact (or state of affairs).
    { 2 } - part of a social "language game."
    { 3 } - meaningless unless it could be verified empirically.

This is the later Wittgenstein.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein saw a statement or thought as

    { 1 } - a picture (or model) of a possible fact (or state of affairs).
    { 2 } - part of a social "language game."
    { 3 } - meaningless unless it could be verified empirically.

This is Ayer.

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