ABSTRACT
WITTGENSTEIN'S version of the picture theory of language1 in the Tractatus is sharply outlined, but many of the details are indistinct. It is hard to see, in particular, how Wittgenstein meets the traditional objections to the picture theory. Thus it is difficult to assess the merits of Wittgenstein's version of the picture theory and, consequently, of the philosophy of the Tractatus as a whole.
