248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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How do we explain the truth of true propositions? Truthmaker theory is the branch of metaphysics that explores the relationships between what is true and what exists. It plays an important role in contemporary debates about the nature of metaphysics and metaphysical enquiry. In this book Jonathan Tallant argues, controversially, that we should reject truthmaker theory. In its place he... Read more
Introduction
1. In the beginning, there was Truthmaker
2. Dubious by nature
3. Molnar & negative ontology
4. Modern, Negative Metaphysics
5. Priority
6. Aptness
7. From truth to explanation
8. Truth and metaphysics
9. Truth and negative existential propositions
10. Applications.
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Jonathan Tallant is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of Metaphysics: An Introduction (2nd Edition 2017), and, with Andrew Fisher, of How to get Philosophy Students Talking (Routledge, 2015).
