Full Idea
Some philosophers think that any fact can be captured in a language containing only names and predicates.
Clarification
Predicates attribute properties to things
Gist of Idea
Maybe names and predicates can capture any fact
Source
Joseph Melia (Modality [2003], Ch.2)
Book Reference
Melia,Joseph: 'Modality' [Acumen 2003], p.21
A Reaction
The problem case Melia is discussing is modal facts, such as 'x is possible'. It is hard to see how 'possible' could be an ordinary predicate, but then McGinn claims that 'existence' is, and that there are some predicates with unusual characters.