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All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'Mathematics and Indispensibility' and 'Relations'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

9558	All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober]

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]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]