MacBride, F. (2014) How truth depends upon being. Analysis, 74(3), pp. 370-378. (doi: 10.1093/analys/anu057)
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Abstract
According to Armstrong (amongst others) ‘any truth, should depend for its truth for something “outside” it’ where this one-way dependency is explained in terms of the asymmetric relationship that obtains between a truth and its truth-maker. But there’s no need to appeal to truth-makers to make sense of this dependency. The truth of a proposition is essentially determined by the interlocking semantic mechanism of reference and satisfaction which already ensures that the truth-value of a proposition depends on how things stand outside it. By contrast, how things stand outside of a proposition is determined by other worldly mechanisms that have nothing to do with truth.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Macbride, Professor Fraser |
Authors: | MacBride, F. |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
Journal Name: | Analysis |
Publisher: | Wiley |
ISSN: | 0003-2638 |
ISSN (Online): | 1467-8284 |
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