Single Idea 14414

[catalogued under 3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 12. Rejecting Truthmakers]

Full Idea

I am a truthmaker for 'that a human exists', but it is not obvious that that proposition is thus about me.

Gist of Idea

I am a truthmaker for 'that a human exists', but is it about me?

Source

Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 7.I)

Book Reference

Merricks,Trenton: 'Truth and Ontology' [OUP 2007], p.152


A Reaction

This is part of the general rather good objection that it is often unclear what a truth is 'about' (Idea 14408). The original Gettier examples about justification illustrate this problem. They make things true, in a surprising way.

Related Idea

Idea 14408 Truthmaker needs truths to be 'about' something, and that is often unclear [Merricks]