# 3.318 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Wittgenstein aligns with Frege and Russell in conceiving the proposition as a function of the expressions contained within it, emphasizing the functional nature of propositions.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The proposition as a function of its constituent expressions reflects the logical atomist view of language.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition, presenting his view.

### Frege

Mentioned as one of the thinkers whose conception of the proposition Wittgenstein adopts.

### Bertrand Russell

Mentioned alongside Frege as sharing the view of propositions as functions of expressions.

## Key lines

> I conceive the proposition⁠—like Frege and Russell⁠—as a function of the expressions contained in it.

Wittgenstein, following Frege and Russell, views a proposition as a function of the words or symbols that make it up.

_Clarifies the functional interpretation of propositions._

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