> I wrote:
>
>> 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.
Okay, _now_ I get it.