Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
4.2211 explained
Wittgenstein argues that even if the world were infinitely complex, the existence of objects and atomic facts remains necessary for the structure of reality.
What happens
Wittgenstein argues that even if the world were infinitely complex, the existence of objects and atomic facts remains necessary for the structure of reality.
Themes in this chapter
Logical Atomism
The proposition reinforces the logical atomist view that objects and atomic facts are fundamental, even in an infinitely complex world.
Characters to notice
- Mr. Wittgenstein
Author of the proposition asserting the necessity of objects and atomic facts regardless of infinite complexity.
Key passages
“Even if the world is infinitely complex, so that every fact consists of an infinite number of atomic facts and every atomic fact is composed of an infinite number of objects, even then there must be objects and atomic facts.”
No matter how intricate the world may be, the existence of basic objects and atomic facts is unavoidable.
Wittgenstein emphasizes the foundational necessity of atomic facts and objects.