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Single Idea 14167

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic]

Full Idea

The only classes appear to be things, predicates and relations.

Gist of Idea

The only classes are things, predicates and relations

Source

Bertrand Russell (The Principles of Mathematics [1903], §440)

Book Reference

Russell,Bertrand: 'Principles of Mathematics' [Routledge 1992], p.467


A Reaction

This is the first-order logic view of reality, which has begun to look incredibly impoverished in modern times. Processes certainly demand a hearing, as do modal facts.