10 ideas
21339 | We want the ontology of relations, not just a formal way of specifying them [Heil] |
21349 | Two people are indirectly related by height; the direct relation is internal, between properties [Heil] |
21340 | Maybe all the other features of the world can be reduced to relations [Heil] |
21348 | In the case of 5 and 6, their relational truthmaker is just the numbers [Heil] |
21351 | Truthmaking is a clear example of an internal relation [Heil] |
21344 | If R internally relates a and b, and you have a and b, you thereby have R [Heil] |
12714 | The substantial form is the principle of action or the primitive force of acting [Leibniz] |
21350 | If properties are powers, then causal relations are internal relations [Heil] |
12743 | A true being must (unlike a chain) have united parts, with a substantial form as its subject [Leibniz] |
19399 | Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz] |