Translating Wittgenstein

From Philosophical Logic

Contents 1 Sachverhalt 2 Satz 3 Tatsache 4 Wahrheitsmöglichkeit

[edit] Sachverhalt

"atomic fact"

• "Was der Fall ist, die Tatsache, ist das Bestehen von Sachverhalten." (TLP 2)
• "What is the case, the fact, is the existence of atomic facts." (TLP 2)

[edit] Satz

"Proposition"

• "Der Gedanke ist der sinnvolle Satz." (TLP 4)
• "The thought is the significant proposition." (TLP 4)

[edit] Tatsache

"case"

• "Was der Fall ist, die Tatsache, ist das Bestehen von Sachverhalten." (TLP 2)
• "What is the case, the fact, is the existence of atomic facts." (TLP 2)
• What is the case -- a fact -- is the existence of states of affairs. (Pears/McGuinness translation)

"fact"

• "Wir machen uns Bilder der Tatsachen." (TLP 2.1)
• "We make to ourselves pictures of facts." (TLP 2.1)

[edit] Wahrheitsmöglichkeit

"truth-possibilty"

• "Die Wahrheitsmöglichkeiten der Elementarsätze bedeuten die Möglichkeiten des Bestehens und Nichtbestehens der Sachverhalte." (TLP 4.3)
• "The truth-possibilities of the elementary propositions mean the possibilities of the existence and non-existence of the atomic facts." (TLP 4.3)

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