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    Supports→Relations in Zalta's theory are primitive entities that are not explained or defined in terms of other entities or notions.

    Primitive entities are those not to be explained or defined in terms of other entities or notions.

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    To appreciate how Zalta achieves the goal of having a fine-grained theory of propositions, we begin by discussing how he views relations generally, since, as just mentioned, Zalta takes propositions to be zero-place relations (and properties to be one-place relations). Zalta holds that relations are “primitive entities”, by which he means that they are not to be explained or “defined” in terms of other entities/notions. But at least some relations are complex. For example, if we take a two-place

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