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[from 'Truth and Predication' by Donald Davidson, in 19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates ]

Full Idea

The notion of 'places' in a predicate is the key to the modern concept of a predicate. Any expression obtained from a sentence by deleting one or more singular terms from the sentence counts as a predicate.

Gist of Idea

Modern predicates have 'places', and are sentences with singular terms deleted from the places

Source

Donald Davidson (Truth and Predication [2005], 4)

Book Reference

Davidson,Donald: 'Truth and Predication' [Belknap Harvard 2005], p.96