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MODELING OCCURRENCES OF OBJECTS IN RELATIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2010

JOOP LEO*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Utrecht University
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*DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, UTRECHT UNIVERSITY, HEIDELBERGLAAN 8, 3584 CS UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS. E-mail:joop.leo@phil.uu.nl

Abstract

We study the logical structure of ‘real’ relations, and in particular the notion of occurrences of objects in a state. We start with formulating a number of principles for occurrences and defining corresponding mathematical models. These models are analyzed to get more insight in the formal properties of occurrences. In particular, we prove uniqueness results that tell us more about the possible logical structures relations might have.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2010

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