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Single Idea 15140

[catalogued under 3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 7. Making Modal Truths]

Full Idea

The converse Barcan formula does not allow any contingent truths at all to have a truthmaker. Once cannot combine the converse Barcan formula with any truthmaker principle worth having.

Clarification

See in Formal Logic|Modal logic for the Barcan formula

Gist of Idea

The converse Barcan formula will not allow contingent truths to have truthmakers

Source

Timothy Williamson (Truthmakers and Converse Barcan Formula [1999], §3)

Book Reference

-: 'Dialectica' [-], p.265


A Reaction

One might reply, so much the worse for the converse Barcan formula, but Williamson doesn't think that.