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11927 | Reflexive relations are syntactically polyadic but ontologically monadic [Molnar] |
Full Idea: Reflexive relations are, and non-reflexive relations may be, monadic in the ontological sense although they are syntactically polyadic. | |
From: George Molnar (Powers [1998], 1.4.5) | |
A reaction: I find this a very helpful distinction, as I have never quite understood reflexive relations as 'relations', even in the most obvious cases, such as self-love or self-slaughter. |