Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, David Wiggins and Peter Smith

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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 4. Formal Relations / c. Ancestral relation

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An ancestral relation is either direct or transitively indirect [Wiggins]

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The 'ancestral' of a relation is a new relation which creates a long chain of the original relation [Smith,P]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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Substances contain a source of change or principle of activity [Wiggins]