Single Idea 18357

[catalogued under 3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts]

Full Idea

The proposition that 'L is happy or hungry' can be made true by the fact that L is happy. This does not have the same complexity or constituent structure as the proposition it makes true.

Gist of Idea

What makes a disjunction true is simpler than the disjunctive fact it names

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


Related Idea

Idea 4742 Correspondence may be one-many or many one, as when either p or q make 'p or q' true [Armstrong]