Self-Assessment Questions and Possible Answers

1. Explain the differences found between meaning of a name and meaning of a proposition.

Ans.: A name does not have meaning if it does not correspond to object. This is because meaning of a name is the object it names. On the contrary, there are cases where propositions have meaning but they do not correspond to any state of affairs of the world.



2. Briefly mention the differences found between a proposition and the picture of a proposition.

Ans.: The differences between a proposition and the picture of a proposition are as follows. A picture does not state anything unless we relate it to the objects of the world. On the other hand, a proposition states something about the phenomenal world. A picture does not assert the things necessarily which are found in the empirical world but in case of a proposition, it asserts something which is found in the phenomenal world and it states what is the case if it is true.