Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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This proposition asserts that the internal relation ordering a series is equivalent to the operation that generates one term from another, linking logical structure to generative operations.
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This proposition asserts that the internal relation ordering a series is equivalent to the operation that generates one term from another, linking logical structure to generative operations.
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- Logical Atomism
The equivalence of internal relations and operations reflects the logical atomist view that complex propositions are built from simpler ones through determinate operations.
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“The internal relation which orders a series is equivalent to the operation by which one term arises from another.”
The logical connection that arranges a sequence is the same as the process that produces each successive element from the previous one.
Clarifies the identity between structural ordering and generative operation in logical series.
