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Being and Truth
In Felicia Ackerman (ed.), Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 258–273 (1981)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Truthmaker Theory The Nature of Truth Metaphysical Knowledge Three Objections What Might be Salvaged from Truthmaker Theory? Philosophical Import Conclusions.Author's Profile
being and truth – any belief – if true, is made true by the presence, somewhere in the universe, of appropriate things, events, states of affairs, or facts truthmaker theory theory of truthmaking – a theory of relation ‘x makes y true’ deflationary – idea that there is nothing more to the concept than our taking a device of generalization – “We should aim to believe only what is true” ontological claims – not based on bare intuition fact – true proposition propositions – objects of de dicto belief phenomenalism – doctrine where each object consists in how it is experienced
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| reprint | Horwich, Paul (2008) "Being and truth". Midwest Studies in Philosophy 32(1):258-273 |
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