# 3.3442 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

The sign of a complex proposition is not arbitrarily resolved in analysis; its resolution is consistent across different propositional structures.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logical Atomism

The consistent resolution of complex signs in analysis reflects the logical atomist view that propositions can be decomposed into elementary parts.

## Key lines

> The sign of the complex is not arbitrarily resolved in the analysis, in such a way that its resolution would be different in every propositional structure.

The way a complex sign is broken down in logical analysis is fixed and does not vary from one proposition to another.

_Emphasizes the determinacy of logical analysis._

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