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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
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The 'standard' view of relations is that they hold of several objects in a given order [Fine,K]
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The 'positionalist' view of relations says the number of places is fixed, but not the order [Fine,K]
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14218
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A block on top of another contains one relation, not both 'on top of' and 'beneath' [Fine,K]
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Language imposes a direction on a road which is not really part of the road [Fine,K]
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Explain biased relations as orderings of the unbiased, or the unbiased as permutation classes of the biased? [Fine,K]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
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'There are shapes which are never exemplified' is the toughest example for nominalists [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism
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Nominalists are motivated by Ockham's Razor and a distrust of unobservables [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz]
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