Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
3.21 explained
The configuration of simple signs in a proposition corresponds to the configuration of objects in the state of affairs.
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The configuration of simple signs in a proposition corresponds to the configuration of objects in the state of affairs.
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- Picture Theory of Language
The correspondence between sign configuration and object configuration illustrates the picture theory.
- Logical Atomism
Simple signs correspond to simple objects, reflecting the atomistic structure of reality.
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- Mr. Wittgenstein
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Key passages
“To the configuration of the simple signs in the propositional sign corresponds the configuration of the objects in the state of affairs.”
The arrangement of basic symbols in a proposition mirrors the arrangement of basic objects in the situation it describes.
This establishes the structural isomorphism between language and reality.
