Metaphysics and Truthmakers.:

The essays collected in this volume concern the general question of truthmaking. Most of them also bear upon the metaphysical nature of truthmakers (moments, tropes, property-instances, Aristotelian substances, states of affairs, meanings or essences?). Taking as their starting point a famous semina...

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1. Verfasser: Monnoyer, Jean-Maurice
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis.
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Zusammenfassung:The essays collected in this volume concern the general question of truthmaking. Most of them also bear upon the metaphysical nature of truthmakers (moments, tropes, property-instances, Aristotelian substances, states of affairs, meanings or essences?). Taking as their starting point a famous seminal paper by K. Mulligan, P. Simons and B. Smith, as well as D. Armstrong's outstanding contribution to the subject, they offer a fresh assay of the main concepts involved, in order to assess the explanatory value of truthmakers and truthmaker necessitarianism, and explore such delicate issues as con.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (334 pages)
ISBN:9783110326918
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