Truthmaking and Supervenience

Theoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 20 (2):191-197 (2010)
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This paper advances a criticism of Parsons' notion of truthmaker grounded on the notion of supervenience. I argue that none of the two naturalinterpretations of Parsons' definition succeeds in accomplishing the several tasks intended by Parsons.

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10.1387/theoria.572

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There is no 'truthmaker' argument against nominalism.Josh Parsons - 1999 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 77 (3):325 – 334.

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