Single Idea 14217

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations]

Full Idea

The 'standard' view of relations, held by philosophers and logicians alike, is that we may meaningfully talk of a relation holding of several objects in a given order (which works for examples like 'loves' and 'between').

Gist of Idea

The 'standard' view of relations is that they hold of several objects in a given order

Source

Kit Fine (Neutral Relations [2000], Intro)

Book Reference

-: 'Philosophical Review' [-], p.1


A Reaction

The point of Fine's paper is that there are many relations for which this model seems to fail.

Related Idea

Idea 14216 The 'positionalist' view of relations says the number of places is fixed, but not the order [Fine,K]