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

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    • 1.Zalta holds that relations are 'primitive entities'.
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    • 2.Primitive entities are those not to be explained or defined in terms of other entities or notions.
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    • 1.Zalta's abstract object theory grounds relations in encoding/exemplification distinctions, giving them implicit structural definition via their inferential roles.
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    • 2.An entity whose identity and behavior are fully determined by axiomatic constraints is functionally defined, not genuinely primitive in the ontological sense.
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    • 1.Russell's multiple-relation theory and Frege's function-theoretic approach demonstrate that relations can be analyzed as logical constructions rather than irreducible primitives.
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    • 2.If competing formal systems successfully reduce relations to other notions (functions, sets, or logical forms), the claim that relations must be primitive lacks sufficient justification.
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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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