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[catalogued under 3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 5. What Makes Truths / d. Being makes truths]

Full Idea

The weaker version of Truthmaker is that 'truth supervenes on being'.

Gist of Idea

The weaker version of Truthmaker: 'truth supervenes on being'

Source

Thomas M. Crisp (Presentism [2003], 3.4)

Book Reference

'The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics', ed/tr. Loux,M /Zimmerman,D [OUP 2005], p.237


A Reaction

[He cites Lewis 2001 and Bigelow 1988] This still leaves the difficulty of truths about non-existent things, and truths about possibilities (esp. those that are possible, but are never actualised). What being do mathematical truths supervene on?