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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
4.05 explained
The proposition serves as a standard against which reality is measured or compared.
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The proposition serves as a standard against which reality is measured or compared.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Picture Theory of Language
The proposition is a picture of reality, and reality is compared with it.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition
Key passages
“Reality is compared with the proposition.”
We check whether reality matches what the proposition says.
This expresses the core idea of truth as correspondence between proposition and fact.
