Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Thales, Mulligan/Simons/Smith and Jody Azzouni

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3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 2. Truthmaker Relation

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Part-whole is the key relation among truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 5. What Makes Truths / a. What makes truths

10906

Moments (objects which cannot exist alone) may serve as truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

10907

The truth-maker for a sentence may not be unique, or may be a combination, or several separate items [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

10909

Truth-makers cannot be the designata of the sentences they make true [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

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Despite negative propositions, truthmakers are not logical complexes, but ordinary experiences [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 12. Rejecting Truthmakers

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'Mickey Mouse is a fictional mouse' is true without a truthmaker [Azzouni]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique

10908

Correspondence has to invoke facts or states of affairs, just to serve as truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth

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Truth is dispensable, by replacing truth claims with the sentence itself [Azzouni]

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth

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Truth lets us assent to sentences we can't explicitly exhibit [Azzouni]