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Full Idea
The truthmaker thesis is that an object is a truthmaker for a sentence if and only if its existence entails the sentence.
Gist of Idea
A truthmaker is an object which entails a sentence
Source
JC Beall / G Restall (Logical Pluralism [2006], 5.5.3)
Book Ref
Beall,J/Restall,G: 'Logical Pluralism' [OUP 2006], p.57
A Reaction
The use of the word 'object' here is even odder than usual, and invites many questions. And the 'only if' seems peculiar, since all sorts of things can make a sentence true. 'There is someone in the house' for example.
| 18367 | A true existence statement has its truth caused by the existence of the thing [Aristotle] |
| 15134 | The truthmaker principle requires some specific named thing to make the difference [Williamson] |
| 18355 | What matters is truth-making (not truth-makers) [David] |
| 15012 | Orthodox truthmaker theories make entities fundamental, but that is poor for explanation [Sider] |
| 14395 | If a ball changes from red to white, Truthmaker says some thing must make the change true [Merricks] |
| 14398 | Truthmaker says if an entity is removed, some nonexistence truthmaker must replace it [Merricks] |
| 14403 | If Truthmaker says each truth is made by the existence of something, the theory had de re modality at is core [Merricks] |
| 13247 | A truthmaker is an object which entails a sentence [Beall/Restall] |