Full Idea
The way in which objects hang together in the atomic fact is the structure of the atomic fact. …The form is the possibility of the structure.
Gist of Idea
The structure of an atomic fact is how its objects combine; this possibility is its form
Source
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [1921], 2.032-3)
Book Reference
Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Pears)', ed/tr. Pears,D. /McGuinness,B. [RKP 1961], p.8
A Reaction
I very much like the way LW adds a modal dimension to his ontology. Why doesn't he talk of 'relations', rather than 'hanging together'?
Related Idea
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