In short - Wittgenstein’s method of philosophical analysis

The present work attempts to explicate the philosophical method of Wittgenstein, which he formulated in the Tractatus in order to determine the meanings of our linguistic expressions by analyzing the basic structure of the language. Wittgenstein attempts to show that traditional philosophical problems can be avoided entirely by application of an appropriate methodology. The analysis of language is one important tool of solving problems. The role of language as a central concerned of Analytic philosophers is the dimension most involved in disputes about the methodology employed. My understanding about Wittgenstein’s concept of language in his two philosophies is founded on the methods that he adopts. He formulated two different methods of philosophy and produced two philosophies on the basis of his theories of meaning, i.e., picture and use theories. I intend here to study about the theory of meaning that Wittgenstein developed in his Tractatus