Allegations of Demolition -(3)-
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Axiom 0: Allegations of Demolition
2. What is a Predicate?
Michael Eldred wrote:
>Joseph Polanik schrieb
>>Michael Eldred wrote:
>>>ME: I am arguing according to simple formal logic that “‘is’ alone is
>>>a predicate”. What objection do you have? Do you have an objection?
>>JP: yes. the claim “‘is’ alone is a predicate” is an ‘insight’ unknown
>>to linguists.
>ME: … which linguist, precisely, denies that “‘is’ alone is a
>predicate”? Where did you read that?
I’m not aware of any linguist who claims that ‘is’ alone is a predicate.
since you are claiming that ‘is’ is a predicate, it is up to you to
either:
1. show that this claim is supported by linguists (or philosophers or
other relevant scholars); or,
2. explain why we should adopt this new rule of grammar that you are
proposing.
since you have previously suggested that the lack of support for your
position among linguists was a sign that you were on the right track
philosophically, I just assumed that you had chosen option 2; but,
obviously, you may go back and take option 1 instead.
Joe
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