# 3.2 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Wittgenstein asserts that in propositions, thoughts can be expressed such that the elements of the propositional sign correspond to the objects of the thoughts.

## Themes in this chapter

### Picture Theory of Language

The correspondence between elements of the propositional sign and objects of thought reflects the picture theory.

### Logical Atomism

The idea that propositional signs are composed of elements corresponding to simple objects aligns with logical atomism.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition

## Key lines

> In propositions thoughts can be so expressed that to the objects of the thoughts correspond the elements of the propositional sign.

Propositions allow thoughts to be expressed in a way that each part of the written or spoken sentence matches an object in the thought.

_Clarifies the structural correspondence between language and thought._

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