In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein saw a statement or thought as
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.
In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein saw a statement or thought as
This is the later Wittgenstein.
In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein saw a statement or thought as
This is Ayer.