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    It is not the case that Wittgenstein's Tractatus shows propositions are pictures of facts, not function-argument structures mapping onto truth-values.

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    • 1.The Tractatus itself uses logical notation (5.0-6) suggesting function-argument structure is essential to its theoretical apparatus.
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    • 2.Truth-conditions for complex propositions (truth-tables, 4.3-4.4) require compositional semantic rules isomorphic to function-argument mapping.
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    • 3.The picture theory underdetermines which isomorphic structures count as meaningful, whereas function-argument mapping provides systematic criteria.
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    • 1.The Tractatus explicitly states propositions are logical pictures with determinate structure mirroring fact-structure (2.1-2.15).
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    • 2.Picturing theory accounts for elementary propositions' truth-conditions without reducing meaning to abstract function-argument mapping.
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    • 3.Wittgenstein rejects truth-functions as fundamental; logical operations apply to already-meaningful pictures, not construct meaning from nothing.
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