R.D. Ingthorsson
Truthmakers Without Truth
Ingthorsson, R.D.
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Abstract
It is often taken for granted that truth is mind-independent, i.e. that, necessarily, if the world is objectively speaking in a certain way, then it is true that it is that way, independently of anyone thinking that it is that way. I argue that proponents of correspondence-truth, in particular immanent realists, should not take the mind-independence of truth for granted. The assumption that the mind-independent features of the world, i.e. ‘facts’, determine the truth of propositions, does not entail that truth is independent of minds. This follows only on the further assumption that there exist propositions about every feature of reality independent of minds, which is something the immanent realist can and should deny.
Citation
Ingthorsson, R. (2006). Truthmakers Without Truth. Metaphysica, 7(2), 53-71
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2006 |
Deposit Date | Oct 7, 2009 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 7, 2009 |
Journal | Metaphysica |
Print ISSN | 1437-2053 |
Electronic ISSN | 1874-6373 |
Publisher | De Gruyter |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 53-71 |
Keywords | Truth, Truth-maker principle, Armstrong, Immanent realism. |
Publisher URL | http://www.metaphysica.de/issues-2006.htm |
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