Jamin Asay (The University of Hong Kong)

A Theory of Truthmaking

Metaphysics, Ontology, and Reality

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9781108718615
• ISBN-10: 1108718612
• Artikelnr.: 63297284

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.