Wittgenstein’s thought is divided into early and late Wittgenstein. There was a radical break between them. The early W. said that statements only have meaning if they refer to facts, except if they are statements of logic or maths. This stimulated other philosophers into Logical Positivism which said just about the same thing: ‘facts’are verifiable. But the later W. then did an about-turn and said that words mean what you…