Truth and Truthmakers

D. M. Armstrong (University of Sydney), Ernest Sosa, Jonathan Dancy , John Haldane

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Cambridge University Press
21 September 2004

Philosophy; Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy

With many adherents among contemporary philosophers, truthmaking theory is the most recent development of a realist theory of truth.

D.M. Armstrong offers the first full-length study of this theory and makes a compelling case for truthmaking's importance in philosophy. His book marks a significant contribution to the debate and will be of interest to a wide range of readers working in analytical philosophy.

By: D. M. Armstrong (University of Sydney)
Series edited by: Ernest Sosa, Jonathan Dancy, John Haldane, Gilbert Harman
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9780521547239
ISBN 10: 0521547237
Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 21 September 2004
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. An introduction to truthmakers; 2. The general theory of truthmaking; 3. Epistemology and methodology; 4. Properties, relations and states of affairs; 5. Negative truths; 6. General truths; 7. Truthmakers for modal truths: Part 1, possibility; 8. Truthmakers for modal truths: Part 2, necessity; 9. Numbers and classes; 10. Causes, laws and dispositions; 11. Time.

David Armstrong's many publications include A Materialist Theory of Mind (1968) and A World of States of Affairs (1997).

Reviews for Truth and Truthmakers

'Armstrong's systematic contribution in this book to the truth maker style of metaphysical enquiry is a very major one; we may well learn more from suggestions he makes ... covers much more ground than its length would suggest.' Journal of Philosophy It is clear and engaging. Disputatio