Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
4.22 explained
Wittgenstein defines the elementary proposition as a concatenation of names, emphasizing that its structure is a direct connection of names without logical constants.
What happens
Wittgenstein defines the elementary proposition as a concatenation of names, emphasizing that its structure is a direct connection of names without logical constants.
Themes in this chapter
Logical Atomism
The elementary proposition as a concatenation of names reflects the atomic structure of language and reality.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition, presenting the fundamental nature of elementary propositions.
Key passages
“The elementary proposition consists of names. It is a connection, a concatenation, of names.”
An elementary proposition is made up solely of names linked together in a chain.
Clarifies that elementary propositions have no logical connectives, only names directly combined.