Full Idea
I think we should abandon the idea that properties are the meanings of predicate expressions.
Gist of Idea
We should abandon the idea that properties are the meanings of predicate expressions
Source
Sydney Shoemaker (Causality and Properties [1980], §04)
Book Reference
Shoemaker,Sydney: 'Identity, Cause and Mind' [OUP 2003], p.214
A Reaction
Right. I have Shoemaker on my side, and he is a distinguished and senior member of the philosophical community. I don't just prefer not to use 'predicate' and 'property' indistinguishably - philosophers should really really give it up!