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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Neutral Relations' and 'The Logical Structure of the World (Aufbau)'

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8 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
14219 Language imposes a direction on a road which is not really part of the road [Fine,K]
14217 The 'standard' view of relations is that they hold of several objects in a given order [Fine,K]
14216 The 'positionalist' view of relations says the number of places is fixed, but not the order [Fine,K]
14218 A block on top of another contains one relation, not both 'on top of' and 'beneath' [Fine,K]
14220 Explain biased relations as orderings of the unbiased, or the unbiased as permutation classes of the biased? [Fine,K]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
18699 Carnap tried to define all scientific predicates in terms of primitive relations, using type theory [Carnap, by Button]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / g. Conceptual atomism
12131 All concepts can be derived from a few basics, making possible one science of everything [Carnap, by Brody]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
5996 Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA]