MacBride, F. (2007) Neutral relations revisited. Dialectica, 61(1), pp. 25-56. (doi: 10.1111/j.1746-8361.2007.01092.x)
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Abstract
Do non-symmetric relations apply to the objects they relate in an order? According to the standard view of relations, the difference between aRb and bRa obtaining, where R is non-symmetric, corresponds to a difference in the order in which the non-symmetric relation R applies to a and b. Recently Kit Fine has challenged the standard view in his important paper ‘Neutral Relations’ arguing that non-symmetric relations are neutral, lacking direction or order. In this paper I argue that Fine cannot account for the application of non-symmetric relations to their relata; so far from being neutral, these relations are inherently directional.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Macbride, Professor Fraser |
| Authors: | MacBride, F. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
| Journal Name: | Dialectica |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0012-2017 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1746-8361 |
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