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Full Idea
Truth is a relation between a truthbearer and a truthmaker.
Gist of Idea
Truth relates truthbearers to truthmakers
Source
John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 08.02)
Book Ref
Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.156
A Reaction
This implies that all truths have truthmakers, which is fairly controversial. Heil himself denies it!
Related Idea
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