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Full Idea
In 1918 Russell held that beside atomic truths, also general and negative truths have truth-makers.
Gist of Idea
Not only atomic truths, but also general and negative truths, have truth-makers
Source
report of Bertrand Russell (The Philosophy of Logical Atomism [1918]) by Adolph Rami - Introduction: Truth and Truth-Making note 04
Book Ref
'Truth and Truth-Making', ed/tr. Lowe,E.J./Rami,A. [Acumen 2009], p.35
18348 | Not only atomic truths, but also general and negative truths, have truth-makers [Russell, by Rami] |
18381 | Necessitating general truthmakers must also specify their limits [Armstrong] |
18482 | Optimalists say that negative and universal are true 'by default' from the positive truths [MacBride] |