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    Supports→Bradley's relational regress cannot get started if relations' relating role is taken seriously

    Wilfrid Sellars' distinction between 'predicational' and 'relational' nexus shows that the copulative function is built into the logical grammar of relations, not superadded by a higher-order relation.

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    Copulative function(The logical function being analyzed in the statement)
    The job that the word 'is' does in a sentence—it links a subject to a description or predicate (like in 'the cat is furry').
    Higher-order relation(What Sellars argues the copulative function is NOT)
    A relationship about relationships—instead of directly connecting two things, it describes how other connections work.
    Logical grammar(describing what is being conflated)
    The rules and structure of how concepts relate to each other in language and thought, rather than the rules of how sentences are written.
    Predicational nexus(One type of connection Sellars distinguishes)
    The way a property or quality connects to a thing—for example, how 'red' connects to 'apple' when we say 'the apple is red.'

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    Relational nexus(The other type of connection Sellars distinguishes)
    The way two or more things connect to each other through a relationship—for example, how 'John' connects to 'Mary' when we say 'John is taller than Mary.'
    Wilfrid Sellars(The philosopher whose critique is being discussed)
    A 20th-century American philosopher who made important arguments about how we know things and how language connects to reality.

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