Explore: Logical Atomism

Logical atomism is a philosophical view that originated in the early 20th century with the development of analytic philosophy. It holds that the world

Friedrich Waismann and Bertrand Russell's article "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism". Wittgenstein's later works, notably the posthumously published Philosophical

philosophy. Russell explained his philosophy of logical atomism in a set of lectures, "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism", which he gave in 1918. In these lectures

true, the truth values of its constituent parts must satisfy the relevant logical connectives that occur in it (most commonly: [and], [or], [not], [only

Russell's logical atomism—the view that statements in natural language can be converted to standardised subunits of meaning assembled via a logical syntax

Russell in "On Denoting", and played a weighty role in his early work in logical atomism. Ludwig Wittgenstein, an associate of Russell, was one of the progenitors

(metaphysics) – Libertinism – Linguistics, philosophy of – Logic – Logical atomism – Logical positivism – Logicians – Logic in China – Logic in Islamic philosophy

thereafter. He was a major member of the Vienna Circle and an advocate of logical positivism. Carnap's father rose from being a poor ribbon-weaver to be

Books, Buffalo, NY, 1988. Russell, Bertrand (1918), "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism", The Monist, 1918. Reprinted, pp. 177–281 in Logic and Knowledge:

23–24, 32–33 Berryman 2022, § 2.6 Atomism and Particle Theories in Ancient Greek Sciences Varzi 2019, § 3.4 Atomism, Gunk, and Other Options MacLeod &