Single Idea 18342

[catalogued under 3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 4. Truthmaker Necessitarianism]

Full Idea

Most truth-maker theorists regard the necessitation of a truth by a truth-maker as a necessary condition of truth-making.

Gist of Idea

Most theorists say that truth-makers necessitate their truths

Source

Adolph Rami (Introduction: Truth and Truth-Making [2009], 07)

Book Reference

'Truth and Truth-Making', ed/tr. Lowe,E.J./Rami,A. [Acumen 2009], p.16


A Reaction

It seems to me that reality is crammed full of potential truth-makers, but not crammed full of truths. If there is no thinking in the universe, then there are no truths. If that is false, then what sort of weird beast is a 'truth'?