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How do we explain the truth of true propositions? Truthmaker theory is the branch of metaphysics that explores the relationships between what is true and what exists. It plays an important role in contemporary debates about the nature of metaphysics and metaphysical enquiry. In …
"Cover"--"Title"--"Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Introduction" -- "1 In the beginning, there was Truthmaker" -- "2 Dubious by nature" -- "3 Molnar and negative ontology" -- "4 Modern, negative metaphysics" -- "5 Priority" -- "6 Aptness" -- "7 From truth to e…
In the beginning, there was truthmaker -- Dubious by nature -- Molnar & negative ontology -- Modern, negative metaphysics -- Priority -- Aptness -- From truth to explanation -- Truth and metaphysics -- Truth and negative existential propositions -- Applications
How do we explain the truth of true propositions? Truthmaker theory is the branch of metaphysics that explores the relationships between what is true and what exists. It plays an important role in contemporary debates about the nature of metaphysics and metaphysical enquiry.In t…
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. An Introduction to Truth-Making -- 2. The Special Composition Question: 'Physical' Objects -- 3. Other Objects -- 4. Modality -- 5. Properties -- 6. Substratum and Other Theories -- 7. Time -- 8. Persistence -- 9. Causation -- 10. Truth-Mak…
A guide to understanding contemporary metaphysics organized around the theme of truth.
A guide to understanding contemporary metaphysics organized around the theme of truth -
Metaphysics: An Introduction uses the idea of truth and the quest for truth-makers to unravel philosophical problems in contemporary metaphysics. From the nature of properties and time to causation and objects, truth becomes a guiding theme to understanding metaphysical concepts…
"A guide to understanding contemporary metaphysics organized around the theme of truth"--
"A guide to understanding contemporary metaphysics organized around the theme of truth"--
"Out of Time is an exploration of the possibility of timelessness. Time, it is argued, might not exist. This claim is defended by attacking three reasons to think otherwise; to suppose that time must exist. First, that our concepts of time are immune to error in a special sense:…
"The idea that time does not exist is, for many, unthinkable: time must exist. Almost every experience we have tells us so. There has been plenty of debate around what time is like, but not whether it exists. The goal of this book is to make the absence of time thinkable. Time …
The idea that time does not exist is, for many, unthinkable: time must exist. Almost every experience we have tells us so. There has been plenty of debate around what time is like, but not whether it exists. The goal of this book is to make the absence of time thinkable. Time mi…