Abstract
This paper discusses the significance of non-causal dependence for truthmaker theory. After introducing truthmaker theory, I discuss a challenge to it levelled by Benjamin Schnieder. I argue that Schnieder's challenge can be met once we acknowledge the existence of non-causal dependence and of explanations which rely on it. I then mount my own argument against truthmaker theory, based on the notion of non-causal dependence.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Metaphysical Grounding: |
| Subtitle of host publication | Understanding the Structure of Reality |
| Editors | Fabrice Correia, Benjamin Schnieder |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 254-271 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781107022898 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |