To take Wittgenstein's picture theory meaning of pictures as propositions, and Black's clarification that the proposition is made up of the picture's elements and their relationships, implies that a picture itself has no meaning until it is put to a specific use and applied to a specific context using our own basic knowledge. The first example being that it could be interpreted as a man walking up a hill, sliding down it backwards, or standing in a hunched position. Similarly with the image of Pisa. Is the Tower of Pisa falling down, coming up, or standing static at an angle?
To take Wittgenstein's picture theory meaning of pictures as propositions, and Black's clarification that the proposition is made up of the picture's elements and their relationships, implies that a picture itself has no meaning until it is put to a specific use and applied to a specific context using our own basic knowledge. The first example being that it could be interpreted as a man walking up a hill, sliding down it backwards, or standing in a hunched position. Similarly with the image of Pisa. Is the Tower of Pisa falling down, coming up, or standing static at an angle?
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