“ The picture is a model of reality. ”
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921). copy citation
| Author | Ludwig Wittgenstein |
|---|---|
| Source | Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus |
| Topic | reality picture model |
| Date | 1921 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by C. K. Ogden |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5740/5740-pdf.pdf |
Context
“2.1 OGD [→GER | →P/M] We make to ourselves pictures of facts.
2.11 OGD [→GER | →P/M] The picture presents the facts in logical space, the existence and non-existence of atomic facts.
2.12 OGD [→GER | →P/M] The picture is a model of reality.
2.13 OGD [→GER | →P/M] To the objects correspond in the picture the elements of the picture.
2.131 OGD [→GER | →P/M] The elements of the picture stand, in the picture, for the objects.
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2.11 OGD [→GER | →P/M] The picture presents the facts in logical space, the existence and non-existence of atomic facts.
2.12 OGD [→GER | →P/M] The picture is a model of reality.
2.13 OGD [→GER | →P/M] To the objects correspond in the picture the elements of the picture.
2.131 OGD [→GER | →P/M] The elements of the picture stand, in the picture, for the objects.
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Meaning and analysis
