# 2.11 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

The picture represents facts within logical space, specifically the existence and non-existence of atomic facts.

## Themes in this chapter

### Picture Theory of Language

The picture presents facts in logical space, illustrating the picturing relation.

### Logical Atomism

Reference to atomic facts and their existence or non-existence.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition.

## Key lines

> The picture presents the facts in logical space, the existence and nonexistence of atomic facts.

A picture shows how things stand in logical space, depicting which atomic facts hold and which do not.

_Clarifies the role of pictures in representing atomic facts._

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