Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
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Wittgenstein identifies the first place where an operation can occur as the point at which a proposition is logically constructed from another, marking the beginning of logical construction.
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Wittgenstein identifies the first place where an operation can occur as the point at which a proposition is logically constructed from another, marking the beginning of logical construction.
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- Logical Atomism
The operation's occurrence marks the logical construction of propositions from elementary ones.
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- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition
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“The first place in which an operation can occur is where a proposition arises from another in a logically significant way; i.e. where the logical construction of the proposition begins.”
The initial point where an operation is possible is when one proposition is derived from another in a logically meaningful manner, which is also the starting point of the proposition's logical structure.
Clarifies the context of operation in logical construction
