In Western philosophy, Logical Atomism is an important theory. It was propounded for the first (me by the eminent British philosopher Lord Bertrand Russell in the early 20th century.

Though, now this philosophy is not very prominent and has only a few followers, its influence is not altogether lost. Infect, being highly technical it has exercised maximum influence on the technical fields like mathematical logic Besides Russell, the other eminent philosopher to support and develop the philosophy of Logical Atomism was Ludwig Wittgenstein. However, Wittgenstein’s views underwent complete change and he totally abandoned Logical Atomism.