Abstract
Is the truthmaker principle a development of the correspondence theory of truth? So Armstrong introduced the truthmaker principle to us, but Lewis (2001) influentially argued that it is neither a correspondence theory nor a theory of truth. But the truthmaker principle can be correctly understood as a development of the correspondence theory if it?s conceived as incorporating the insight that truth is a relation between truth-bearers and something worldly. And we strengthen rather than weaken the plausibility of the truthmaker principle if we conceive of truth as performing a substantial rather than deflationary role in the truthmaker principle.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 686-695 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Analysis |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2013 |
Keywords
- truthmakers, truth, Armstrong, Bigelow, Lewis.