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    It is not the case that 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.

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    • 1.Frege's concept-object distinction shows predication is not a symmetric 'link' but an asymmetric saturation of an unsaturated function by an argument.
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    • 2.If predication were merely a special connecting relation, it would itself require a further relation to connect it to its relata, generating Bradley's infinite regress.
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    • 3.The regress dissolves only if predicative unity is explained by the intrinsic incompleteness of concepts, not by positing an additional relational link.
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    • 1.Wilfrid Sellars argued that predication cannot be analyzed as a relation between a thing and a property because properties, as abstract entities, lack the causal-nomological role required for genuine predication.
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    • 2.On a nominalist reading advanced by Quine, apparent property-attribution in 'a is F' is fully captured by applying a predicate expression to a name, requiring no abstract property-entity as a third term in any linking relation.
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    • 1.When a property is appropriately connected to a logical subject (argument), the result is a proposition in which the subject and property play different roles.
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    • 2.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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