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Full Idea
Evading properties by means of predicates is implausible when things change. If a cold thing becomes hot, first 'cold' applies, and then 'hot', but what have predicates to do with the temperature of an object?
Clarification
The claim is that properties are in nature, not in language
Gist of Idea
Whether we apply 'cold' or 'hot' to an object is quite separate from its change of temperature
Source
David M. Armstrong (Properties [1992], §1)
Book Ref
'Properties', ed/tr. Mellor,D.H. /Oliver,A [OUP 1997], p.161
A Reaction
A clear illustration of why properties are part of nature, not just part of language. But some applications of predicates are more arbitrary than this (ugly, cool)