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[from 'Truth-making and Correspondence' by Marian David, in 3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 11. Truthmaking and Correspondence ]

Full Idea

Truth-maker theory says that the attempt by correspondence to fill in the generic truth-maker principle with something more informative fails. It is too ambitious, offering a whole zoo of funny facts that are not needed.

Gist of Idea

Correspondence is an over-ambitious attempt to explain truth-making

Source

Marian David (Truth-making and Correspondence [2009], 1)

Book Reference

'Truth and Truth-Making', ed/tr. Lowe,E.J./Rami,A. [Acumen 2009], p.141


A Reaction

A typical funny fact is a disjunctive fact, which makes 'he is hungry or thirsty' true (when it can just be made true by the simple fact that he is thirsty).