Truth Supervenes on Being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23749754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Trenton Merricks (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 68-97 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | TRUTH AND ONTOLOGY. (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199205233.003.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W2491994563 |
| ISBN | 9780199205233 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
‘Truth Supervenes on Being’ (TSB) says that truth supervenes globally on which objects exist and which properties those objects exemplify. TSB intends to articulate the idea that truth depends on being. Thus, TSB intends to be an alternative for advocates of truth's dependence on being who wish to reject Truthmaker. But TSB as a thesis of global supervenience fails to articulate that idea. And if TSB is to articulate that idea, so the bulk of this chapter argues, it must be recast to say, among other things, that what is true supervenes locally on (i.e., is necessitated by) which objects exist and which properties they exemplify. Moreover, this chapter's arguments imply that any adequate articulation of that idea must amount to the recast TSB or to Truthmaker. So to undermine both Truthmaker and TSB is to undermine the idea that each and every truth depends (non-trivially) on being.
Articulation (sociology) · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Political science · Supervenience · Law · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |