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Full Idea
In this book I will treat metaphysics as a quest for truthmakers.
Gist of Idea
Metaphysics is a quest for truthmakers
Source
Jonathan Tallant (Metaphysics: an introduction [2011], 01)
Book Ref
Tallant,Jonathan: 'Metaphysics - an introduction' [Continuum 2011], p.3
A Reaction
I find this appealing, though obviously you have to say what sort of truthmakers generate 'metaphysical' truths, as opposed to physics or biology. I take it that would involve truthmakers that had a high level of generality, idealisation and abstraction.
| 18859 | Metaphysics is a quest for truthmakers [Tallant] |
| 18860 | A truthmaker is the minimal portion of reality that will do the job [Tallant] |
| 18861 | Maybe number statements can be paraphrased into quantifications plus identities [Tallant] |
| 18863 | What is the truthmaker for a possible new power? [Tallant] |
| 18862 | Are propositions all the thoughts and sentences that are possible? [Tallant] |
| 18864 | The wisdom of Plato and of Socrates are not the same property [Tallant] |
| 18865 | Substance must have two properties: individuation, and property-bearing [Tallant] |
| 18866 | Maybe only 'positive' truths need truth-makers [Tallant] |