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    A relation requiring one relatum to possess a property th... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The theory that saying and believing are relations to particular physical tokens of sentences is implausible.

    A relation requiring one relatum to possess a property the other cannot possess in principle is metaphysically incoherent.

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    • 1.Relations are individuated by the properties their relata can reciprocally instantiate or understand.
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    • 2.An asymmetry in principle-level capacities between relata violates the logical symmetry required for genuine relation.
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    • 3.Coherent relations presuppose a shared logical space where both relata are comparable under the same conceptual framework.
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    • 1.Parent-child relations require asymmetric capacities (reproduction) yet remain metaphysically coherent and constitutive of reality.
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    • 2.Knowledge relations obtain between knower and object despite objects lacking the principle capacity to possess knowledge themselves.
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    • 3.Principle-level asymmetries may reflect ontological categories rather than incoherence—they structure coherent relational facts.
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