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[from 'The Universe as We Find It' by John Heil, in 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates ]

Full Idea

Only when you get to fundamental physics, do predicates begin to line up with properties.

Gist of Idea

Predicates only match properties at the level of fundamentals

Source

John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 13.2)

Book Reference

Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.287


A Reaction

A nice thought. I assume the actual properties of daily reality only connect to our predicates in very sloppy ways. I suppose our fundamental predicates have to converge on the actual properties, because the fog clears. Sort of.