Single Idea 14418

[catalogued under 3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique]

Full Idea

Being true is not a relation. …Being true is a monadic property. …Being true is a primitive property.

Gist of Idea

Being true is not a relation, it is a primitive monadic property

Source

Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 8.IV)

Book Reference

Merricks,Trenton: 'Truth and Ontology' [OUP 2007], p.182


A Reaction

Even after reading Merricks on this, I am not sure I understand it. If a single sentence floats in the void, it is hard to see how the 'monadic' property of truth could accrue to it.