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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 6. Relations in Logic

9561	The mathematics of relations is entirely covered by ordered pairs [Chihara]
	Full Idea: Everything one needs to do with relations in mathematics can be done by taking a relation to be a set of ordered pairs. (Ordered triples etc. can be defined as order pairs, so that <x,y,z> is <x,<y,z>>).
	From: Charles Chihara (A Structural Account of Mathematics [2004], 07.2)
	A reaction: How do we distinguish 'I own my cat' from 'I love my cat'? Or 'I quite like my cat' from 'I adore my cat'? Nevertheless, this is an interesting starting point for a discussion of relations.