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All the ideas for 'Ambitious, yet modest, Metaphysics', 'Aristotle on Friendship' and 'Relations'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science

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Esoteric metaphysics aims to be top science, investigating ultimate reality [Hofweber]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

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Science has discovered properties of things, so there are properties - so who needs metaphysics? [Hofweber]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification

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The quantifier in logic is not like the ordinary English one (which has empty names, non-denoting terms etc) [Hofweber]

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]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

2685	The Greek 'philia' covers all good and fruitful relationships [Cooper,JM]