Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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The sign of a complex proposition is not arbitrarily resolved in analysis; its resolution is consistent across different propositional structures.
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The sign of a complex proposition is not arbitrarily resolved in analysis; its resolution is consistent across different propositional structures.
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- Logical Atomism
The consistent resolution of complex signs in analysis reflects the logical atomist view that propositions can be decomposed into elementary parts.
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“The sign of the complex is not arbitrarily resolved in the analysis, in such a way that its resolution would be different in every propositional structure.”
The way a complex sign is broken down in logical analysis is fixed and does not vary from one proposition to another.
Emphasizes the determinacy of logical analysis.
