Truth and truthmakers / D.M. Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, D. M. (David Malet), 1926-2014, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in philosophy.

Cambridge studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth.

Realism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 158 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Truth & Truthmakers

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Truths are determined not by what we believe, but by the way the world is. Or so realists about truth believe. Philosophers call such theories correspondence theories of truth. Truthmaking theory, which now has many adherents among contemporary philosophers, is a recent development of a realist theory of truth, and in this book, first published in 2004, D. M. Armstrong offers the first full-length study of this theory. He examines its applications to different sorts of truth, including contingent truths, modal truths, truths about the past and the future, and mathematical truths. In a clear, even-handed and non-technical discussion he makes a compelling case for truthmaking and its importance in philosophy. His book marks a significant contribution to the debate and will be of interest to a wide range of readers working in analytical philosophy.

Contents:

1. introduction to truthmakers

2. general theory of truthmaking

3. Epistemology and methodology

4. Properties, relations and states of affairs

5. Negative truths

6. General truths

7. Truthmakers for modal truths, part 1 : possibility

8. Truthmakers for modal truths, part 2 : necessity

9. Numbers and classes

10. Causes, laws and dispositions

11. Time.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-154) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16213-0

1-280-54115-6

0-511-21558-4

0-511-21737-4

0-511-21200-3

0-511-31595-3

0-511-48755-X

0-511-21377-8

OCLC:

560235005