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Truthmakers Without Truth

Ingthorsson, R.D.

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R.D. Ingthorsson



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.

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Ingthorsson, R. (2006). Truthmakers Without Truth. Metaphysica, 7(2), 53-71

Journal Article Type Article
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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