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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
3.22 explained
Wittgenstein asserts that in a proposition, the name stands for or represents the object, establishing a direct link between language and reality.
What happens
Wittgenstein asserts that in a proposition, the name stands for or represents the object, establishing a direct link between language and reality.
Themes in this chapter
Logical Atomism
The proposition exemplifies the atomistic view that names in language directly represent simple objects.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition, presenting the relationship between names and objects.
Key passages
“In the proposition the name represents the object.”
Within a proposition, a name stands for or denotes a specific object in reality.
Clarifies the fundamental relation between linguistic signs and the world.