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'poems', 'The Principles of Mathematics' and 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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The world is facts, not things. Facts determine the world, and the world divides into facts [Wittgenstein]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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Being is what belongs to every possible object of thought [Russell]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / b. Being and existence
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Many things have being (as topics of propositions), but may not have actual existence [Russell]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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What exists has causal relations, but non-existent things may also have them [Russell]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms
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The 'Tractatus' is an extreme example of 'Logical Atomism' [Wittgenstein, by Grayling]
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In atomic facts the objects hang together like chain links [Wittgenstein]
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The structure of an atomic fact is how its objects combine; this possibility is its form [Wittgenstein]
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If a proposition is elementary, no other elementary proposition contradicts it [Wittgenstein]
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Analysis must end in elementary propositions, which are combinations of names [Wittgenstein]
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Nothing can be inferred from an elementary proposition [Wittgenstein]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
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Do his existent facts constitute the world, or determine the world? [Morris,M on Wittgenstein]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / d. Negative facts
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The world is determined by the facts, and there are no further facts [Wittgenstein]
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The existence of atomic facts is a positive fact, their non-existence a negative fact [Wittgenstein]
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On white paper a black spot is a positive fact and a white spot a negative fact [Wittgenstein]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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Four classes of terms: instants, points, terms at instants only, and terms at instants and points [Russell]
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