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'Confessions', 'Speaking of Objects' and 'Relations'
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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
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We want the ontology of relations, not just a formal way of specifying them [Heil]
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Two people are indirectly related by height; the direct relation is internal, between properties [Heil]
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Maybe all the other features of the world can be reduced to relations [Heil]
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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 2. Internal Relations
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In the case of 5 and 6, their relational truthmaker is just the numbers [Heil]
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Truthmaking is a clear example of an internal relation [Heil]
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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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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties
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There is no proper identity concept for properties, and it is hard to distinguish one from two [Quine]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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If properties are powers, then causal relations are internal relations [Heil]
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