# 5.136 explained — Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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

## What happens

Wittgenstein asserts that there is no causal nexus that can justify an inference, challenging the notion of causality as a logical necessity.

## Themes in this chapter

### Logic and Tautology

The rejection of a causal nexus underscores that logical inference is not grounded in empirical causation but in tautological relations.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Wittgenstein

Author of the proposition denying a causal nexus for inference.

## Key lines

> There is no causal nexus which justifies such an inference.

No causal connection can serve as a logical justification for an inference.

_Wittgenstein denies that causality provides a foundation for logical deduction._

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