# 2.012 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

> Chapter companion for Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein.

## What happens

Wittgenstein asserts that in logic, nothing is accidental; the possibility of a thing occurring in an atomic fact is already inherent in the thing itself.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The proposition discusses the inherent possibility of a thing occurring in an atomic fact, a core concept of logical atomism.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition

## Key lines

> In logic nothing is accidental: if a thing can occur in an atomic fact the possibility of that atomic fact must already be prejudged in the thing.

In logic, there are no coincidences: if an object can be part of a basic state of affairs, that possibility is already built into the object itself.

_Clarifies the deterministic nature of logical possibility._

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