Full Idea
Successful predication supervenes on nature.
Clarification
'Supervenes' means dependent and inseparable
Gist of Idea
Successful predication supervenes on nature
Source
Frank Jackson (From Metaphysics to Ethics [1998], Ch.5)
Book Reference
Jackson,Frank: 'From Metaphysics to Ethics' [OUP 2000], p.118
A Reaction
A nice slogan, but it is in danger of being a tautology. If I say x and y 'are my favourites/are interesting', is that 'successful' predication? Is 'Juliet is the sun' unsuccessful?