On a B-theory of time an event's being past, present or future is simply a relational matter; it is simply a matter of its occurring at a time which is earlier than, or simultaneous with, or later than some time which is taken as the reference point – the time at which I am having this thought, say.
It is extremely important to reassure children that divorce is a relational matter between two parents, and not between parents and their children.
No, it was definitely a relational thing.
Also, potency is relational, whereas matter is absolute.
The soundscape itself, and its mental representations, were manipulated both as relational media, and subject matter.
While almost all global democrats see individuals as the fundamental object of concern, many proponents argue that relational qualities still matter in generating normative prescriptions (Miller 1995).
So while a few commentators interpret Newton as accepting action at a distance, grounded either in a superadded property (Henry 1994) or in a relational quality of matter (Schliesser 2011), his more favorable remarks are at best indirect.
Since the spacetime structure encodes gravity and inertia, and in a Mach-heavy theory these phenomena should be completely determined by the relational distribution of matter (and relative motions), Einstein wished to see the metric as entirely determined by the distribution of matter and energy.
This account of local autonomy is constitutively relational because no matter how robust an agents' psychological capacities, if the relevant external conditions do not obtain at a time, it is not possible for the agent's preference at that time to be autonomous.
We find that the relational dimension of scientists matters for quality, but not for output, while cognitive dimensions have the opposite effect, helping output, while being indifferent toward impact.
