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Ideas for 'Events and Their Names', 'Every Thing Must Go' and 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion'

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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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Relations without relata must be treated as universals, with their own formal properties [Ladyman/Ross]

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A belief in relations must be a belief in things that are related [Ladyman/Ross]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 2. Internal Relations

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The normal assumption is that relations depend on properties of the relata [Ladyman/Ross]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 3. Structural Relations

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That there are existent structures not made of entities is no stranger than the theory of universals [Ladyman/Ross]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties

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Causal essentialism says properties are nothing but causal relations [Ladyman/Ross]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / e. Dispositions as potential

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If science captures the modal structure of things, that explains why its predictions work [Ladyman/Ross]