# 3.22 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## 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.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition, presenting the relationship between names and objects.

## Key lines

> 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._

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