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Single Idea 18532
[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 2. Internal Relations
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Full Idea
If causal relations are the manifesting of powers, then causal relations would appear to be a species of internal relation.
Gist of Idea
If causal relations are power manifestations, that makes them internal relations
Source
John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 07.4)
Book Ref
Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.148
A Reaction
The point being that any relations formed are entirely dependent on the internal powers of the relata. Sounds right. There are also non-causal relations, of course.
The
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[relations as intrinsic features of the things that are related]:
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If Simmias is taller than Socrates, that isn't a feature that is just in Simmias
[Plato]
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22080
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The nature of each category relates itself to another
[Hegel]
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6422
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Internal relations are said to be intrinsic properties of two terms, and of the whole they compose
[Bradley, by Russell]
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7966
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Relations must be linked to their qualities, but that implies an infinite regress of relations
[Bradley]
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21342
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A relation is internal if two things possessing the relation could not fail to be related
[Moore,GE, by Heil]
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7968
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A relation is internal if it is unthinkable that its object should not possess it
[Wittgenstein]
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7969
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The order of numbers is an internal relation, not an external one
[Wittgenstein]
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21351
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Truthmaking is a clear example of an internal relation
[Heil]
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21344
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If R internally relates a and b, and you have a and b, you thereby have R
[Heil]
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21348
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In the case of 5 and 6, their relational truthmaker is just the numbers
[Heil]
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18532
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If causal relations are power manifestations, that makes them internal relations
[Heil]
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21353
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Internal relations are fixed by existences, or characters, or supervenience on characters
[MacBride]
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7938
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Relational properties are clearly not essential to substances
[Macdonald,C]
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14925
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The normal assumption is that relations depend on properties of the relata
[Ladyman/Ross]
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18336
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Internal relations depend either on the existence of the relata, or on their properties
[Rami]
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