# 3.203 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Wittgenstein asserts that a name means its object, and the object is the meaning of the name, emphasizing the identity of the sign with itself.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The proposition exemplifies logical atomism by treating names as directly linked to simple objects.

### Picture Theory of Language

The identity of sign and meaning reflects the picture theory, where names picture their objects.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition, defining the relation between name and object.

## Key lines

> The name means the object. The object is its meaning. (“ a ” is the same sign as “ a ”.)

A name refers to an object, and that object constitutes the name's meaning; the sign 'a' is identical to itself.

_Clarifies the direct correspondence between name and object in Wittgenstein's logical atomism._

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