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The method of this relational metaphysic has been the generalization of experience, and the enactment of this method has led to two related conclusions: (1) that the first step toward an ultimate generalization is the distinction between fundamental and derivative; and (2) that the fundamentals are relations, all else being derivatives of these fundamentals.
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© 1981 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague
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Oliver, H.H. (1981). Fundamentals and Pseudo-Fundamentals. In: A Relational Metaphysic. Studies in Philosophy and Religion, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8250-5_6
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