Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein asserts that in a proposition, the name stands for or represents the object, establishing a direct link between language and reality.
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Wittgenstein asserts that in a proposition, the name stands for or represents the object, establishing a direct link between language and reality.
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- Logical Atomism
The proposition exemplifies the atomistic view that names in language directly represent simple objects.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition, presenting the relationship between names and objects.
Key passages
“In the proposition the name represents the object.”
Within a proposition, a name stands for or denotes a specific object in reality.
Clarifies the fundamental relation between linguistic signs and the world.
