In Philosophical Investigations Wittgenstein proposed a -------------- theory of language.
A)use theory
B)picture theory
C)both a and b
D)none of these

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In "Philosophical Investigations," Wittgenstein proposed a use theory of language, which emphasizes the meaning of words in their practical use, rather than their relation to the things they represent. This was a departure from his earlier "picture theory" of language presented in the "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus."

In Philosophical Investigations Wittgenstein Proposed a -------------- Theory of Language