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A Theory of Truthmaking: Metaphysics, Ontology, and Reality

Autor Jamin Asay
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 mar 2022
The theory of truthmaking has long aroused skepticism from philosophers who believe it to be tangled up in contentious ontological commitments and unnecessary theoretical baggage. In this book, Jamin Asay shows why that suspicion is unfounded. Challenging the current orthodoxy that truthmaking's fundamental purpose is to be a tool for explaining why truths are true, Asay revives the conception of truthmaking as fundamentally an exercise in ontology: a means for coordinating one's beliefs about what is true and one's ontological commitments. He goes on to show how truthmaking connects to analyticity, truth, and realism, and how it contributes to debates over nominalism, presentism, mathematical objects, and fictional characters. His book is the most comprehensive exploration to date into what truthmaking is and how it contributes to metaphysical debates across philosophy, and will interest a wide range of readers in metaphysics and beyond.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108718615
ISBN-10: 1108718612
Pagini: 310
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction. A manifesto for truthmaking; Part I. Foundations: 1. A methodology for truthmaking; 2. Truthmaking, accounting, and explanation; 3. The truthmaking relation; 4. Truthmaker maximalism and the scope of truthmaking; 5. A catalog of objections; Part II. Applications: 6. Truth; 7. Analyticity; 8. Realism; Part III. Metaphysics: 9. Nominalism; 10. Presentism; 11. Mathematics; 12. Fiction; Conclusion. Building an ontology.

Recenzii

'This is an engaging read: brisk, direct, and thoroughly enjoyable, with interesting and challenging arguments throughout. If you're interested in the philosophy of truth, you should read it.' Mark Jago, University of Nottingham

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Descriere

Demonstrates how truthmaking can be used to make progress all across philosophy, but without its usual theoretical baggage.