Full Idea
A predicate which is conceptually connected to no function ... is a categorical predicate.
Gist of Idea
Categorical predicates are those unconnected to functions
Source
Stephen Mumford (Dispositions [1998], 09.7)
Book Reference
Mumford,Stephen: 'Dispositions' [OUP 1998], p.210
A Reaction
This is an expansion of Mumford's own theory of dispositions, as functional. Does a cork in a wine bottle have a function, but without doing anything? It seems to achieve its function purely through its structure.