> The ontological fact of internal relations doesn't mean that nothing
> is knowable. So long as there is good reason to believe that the
> relations on which particular phenomena depend, e.g. the relations
> governing the movement of planets, the relations linking smoking to
> lung cancer, the relations linking global warming to extreme weather,
> etc. etc., rational long run prediction of planetary movements, the
> health effects of smoking, the weather consequences of global warming
> will be possible.
>
That should have been:
The ontological fact of internal relations doesn't mean that nothing is knowable. So long as there is good reason to believe that the relations on which particular phenomena depend, e.g. the relations governing the movement of planets, the relations linking smoking to lung cancer, the relations linking global warming to extreme weather, etc. etc., are stable, rational long run prediction of planetary movements, the health effects of smoking, the weather consequences of global warming will be possible.