Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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The totality of existent atomic facts determines not only what is the case but also what is not the case, establishing a complete logical space of possibilities.
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The totality of existent atomic facts determines not only what is the case but also what is not the case, establishing a complete logical space of possibilities.
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- Logical Atomism
The notion that atomic facts, both existent and non-existent, form the foundation of reality.
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“The totality of existent atomic facts also determines which atomic facts do not exist.”
All the atomic facts that actually exist define, by their absence, which atomic facts are false or not real.
This establishes a binary logical space where every atomic fact is either true or false.
