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All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Relations' and 'Lecture on Applicability of Mathematics'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

8732	It is spooky the way mathematics anticipates physics [Weinberg]

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]

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]

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]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

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The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce]