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This book is the most comprehensive exploration to date into what truthmaking is and how it contributes to metaphysical debates across philosophy. It offers a wide-ranging perspective on the many facets of the truthmaking literature, and offers a plethora of arguments defending numerous contentious positions.
List of contents
Introduction. A manifesto for truthmaking; Part I. Foundations: 1. A methodology for truthmaking; 2. Truthmaking, accounting, and explanation; 3. The truthmaking relation; 4. Truthmaker maximalism and the scope of truthmaking; 5. A catalog of objections; Part II. Applications: 6. Truth; 7. Analyticity; 8. Realism; Part III. Metaphysics: 9. Nominalism; 10. Presentism; 11. Mathematics; 12. Fiction; Conclusion. Building an ontology.
About the author
Jamin Asay is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of The Primitivist Theory of Truth (Cambridge, 2013) and numerous articles on truth, truthmaking and realism.
Summary
This book is the most comprehensive exploration to date into what truthmaking is and how it contributes to metaphysical debates across philosophy. It offers a wide-ranging perspective on the many facets of the truthmaking literature, and offers a plethora of arguments defending numerous contentious positions.
Foreword
Demonstrates how truthmaking can be used to make progress all across philosophy, but without its usual theoretical baggage.
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'This is an engaging read: brisk, direct, and thoroughly enjoyable, with interesting and challenging arguments throughout. If you're interested in the philosophy of truth, you should read it.' Mark Jago, University of Nottingham
