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    Supports→Predication can be understood as a special link that connects a property to a thing, giving rise to a proposition in which the thing functions as logical subject and the property is attributed to it.

    If the proposition is true, the logical subject exemplifies the property — i.e., the subject is an instance of the property.

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    We have talked above in a way that might give the impression that predication is an activity that we perform, e.g., when we say or think that a certain apple is red. Although some philosophers might think of it in this way, predication, or attribution, may also be viewed as a special link that connects a property to a thing in a way that gives rise to a proposition, understood as a complex featuring the property and the thing (or concepts of them) as constituents with different roles: the latt

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