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Full Idea
I am a truthmaker for 'that a human exists', but it is not obvious that that proposition is thus about me.
Gist of Idea
I am a truthmaker for 'that a human exists', but is it about me?
Source
Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 7.I)
Book Ref
Merricks,Trenton: 'Truth and Ontology' [OUP 2007], p.152
A Reaction
This is part of the general rather good objection that it is often unclear what a truth is 'about' (Idea 14408). The original Gettier examples about justification illustrate this problem. They make things true, in a surprising way.
Related Idea
Idea 14408 Truthmaker needs truths to be 'about' something, and that is often unclear [Merricks]