АТОМАРНЫЙ ФАКТ

Atomic Fact

One of the basic concepts of logical empiricism. The atomic fact is not divisible into component parts but consists of a combination of the things and objects of thought. Atomic facts are independent of each other. The existence (or non-existence) of one atomic fact is not proof of the existence (or non-existence) of another. Thus, mutual bonds (links) and the unity of the Universe are denied, and the process of cognition is confined in practice to the description of the atomic fact. This metaphysical concept grew up as a result of the transfer to the external world of certain properties of the "atomic" (elementary) sentences that play an important part in mathematical logic. In essence the concept of atomic fact is related to Mach's "world elements".