The least discerning and most promiscuous truthmaker

Jonathan Schaffer*

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    Abstract

    I argue that the one and only truthmaker is the world. This view can be seen as arising from (i) the view that truthmaking is a relation of grounding holding between true propositions and fundamental entities, together with (ii) the view that the world is the one and only fundamental entity. I argue that this view provides an elegant and economical account of the truthmakers, while solving the problem of negative existentials, in a way that proves ontologically revealing.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)307-324
    Number of pages18
    JournalPhilosophical Quarterly
    Volume60
    Issue number239
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2010

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