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The world consists of ultimate logical "facts" (or "atoms") that cannot be broken down any further. Having propounded this stance in his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus , in his '' Philosophical Investigations '', Wittgenstein rejected them. This stance leads to the belief that the number of facts in the world is an Integer . The name for this kind of theory was coined in 1918 by Russell in response to what he called " Logical Holism "; i.e. the belief that the world operates in such a way that no part can be known without the whole being known first. This belief is commonly called Monism , and in particular, Russell (and G.E. Moore) reacted to Absolute Idealism dominant then in Britain. EXTERNAL LINKS SEE ALSO |
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