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Full Idea
Truth supervenes on being.
Clarification
'Supervenes' means dependent and inseparable
Gist of Idea
Truth supervenes on being
Source
Frank Jackson (From Metaphysics to Ethics [1998], Ch.5)
Book Ref
Jackson,Frank: 'From Metaphysics to Ethics' [OUP 2000], p.118
A Reaction
A nice slogan for those of us who find the word 'truth' to be meaningful.
6994 | Truth supervenes on being [Jackson] |
15548 | Say 'truth is supervenient on being', but construe 'being' broadly [Lewis] |
14025 | The weaker version of Truthmaker: 'truth supervenes on being' [Crisp,TM] |
14396 | If 'truth supervenes on being', worlds with the same entities, properties and relations have the same truths [Merricks] |
14400 | If truth supervenes on being, that won't explain why truth depends on being [Merricks] |
18346 | 'Truth supervenes on being' only gives necessary (not sufficient) conditions for contingent truths [Rami] |
18345 | 'Truth supervenes on being' avoids entities as truth-makers for negative truths [Rami] |