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Full Idea
If a single ball goes from being red to being white, Truthmaker implies that something exists which makes it true that the second thing follows the first.
Gist of Idea
If a ball changes from red to white, Truthmaker says some thing must make the change true
Source
Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 3.V)
Book Ref
Merricks,Trenton: 'Truth and Ontology' [OUP 2007], p.66
| 18367 | A true existence statement has its truth caused by the existence of the thing [Aristotle] |
| 15134 | The truthmaker principle requires some specific named thing to make the difference [Williamson] |
| 18355 | What matters is truth-making (not truth-makers) [David] |
| 15012 | Orthodox truthmaker theories make entities fundamental, but that is poor for explanation [Sider] |
| 14395 | If a ball changes from red to white, Truthmaker says some thing must make the change true [Merricks] |
| 14398 | Truthmaker says if an entity is removed, some nonexistence truthmaker must replace it [Merricks] |
| 14403 | If Truthmaker says each truth is made by the existence of something, the theory had de re modality at is core [Merricks] |
| 13247 | A truthmaker is an object which entails a sentence [Beall/Restall] |