Philosophical doctrine that relations are internal to their bearers
The doctrine of internal relations is the philosophical doctrine that all relations are internal to their bearers, in the sense that they are essential to them and the bearers would not be what they are without them. It was a term used in British philosophy around in the early 1900s.[1][2]
- ^ G E Moore, 'External and Internal Relations', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (1919–20); reprinted in G E Moore, Philosophical Studies (1922)
- ^ Russell ‘Pragmatism’ (1909) and ‘The Monistic Theory of Truth’ (1906–07)
