Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
2.0212 explained
This proposition asserts that without simple objects, it would be impossible to construct any picture of the world, whether true or false.
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This proposition asserts that without simple objects, it would be impossible to construct any picture of the world, whether true or false.
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- Logical Atomism
The proposition depends on the existence of simple objects as the foundation for picturing the world.
- Picture Theory of Language
Directly addresses the possibility of forming pictures of the world.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition
Key passages
“It would then be impossible to form a picture of the world (true or false).”
Without simple objects, no representation of reality—whether accurate or inaccurate—could be constructed.
Clarifies the necessity of simples for any picturing relation.
