Self-Assessment Questions and Possible Answers

1. Name the theories of truth found in the domain "Philosophy of Language".

Ans.: There are three theories of truth found in the philosophy of language. These are;

1. The correspondence theory
2. The coherence theory
3. The pragmatic theory


2. "A proposition is a picture of reality". Briefly explain it.

Ans.: According to early Wittgenstein, the picture of a proposition is a logical one. By this he means the possible description of reality. The reality of a proposition is explained through two ways.

1. By explaining its sense.
2. By determining its truth conditions.

Sense reflects the picture in a proposition. A proposition will be true if the sense of that proposition agrees with reality and it will be false if it does not agree with the reality. Thus, a proposition is a picture of reality.