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All the ideas for 'Events', 'Structuralism' and 'Truth-making without Truth-makers'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism
8921 Structuralism is now common, studying relations, with no regard for what the objects might be [Hellman]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / c. Nominalist structuralism
8922 Maybe mathematical objects only have structural roles, and no intrinsic nature [Hellman]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
9413 An event is a change in or to an object [Lombard, by Mumford]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation
17319 There are 'conceptual' explanations, with their direction depending on complexity [Schnieder]