13 Facts About Truthmaker theory

Truthmaker theory is "the branch of metaphysics that explores the relationships between what is true and what exists".

Truthmaker theory maximalism is the thesis that every truth has a truthmaker.

Truthmaker theory atomism remains true to the basic intuition that truth depends on being by holding that the truth of molecular sentences depends on the truth of atomic sentences, whose truth in turn depends on being.

Opponents have tried to disprove truthmaker theory by showing that there are so-called deep truthmaker gaps: truthbearers that not only lack a truthmaker but whose truths do not even depend on being.

Truthmaker theory is closely related to the correspondence theory of truth, but not identical to it.

Truthmaker theory has been applied to various fields in metaphysics, often with the goal of exposing ontological cheaters: theorists who are committed to certain beliefs but do not or cannot account for the existence of a truthmaker for these beliefs.

Truthmaker theory theorists differ as to what entities are the truthmakers of various truthbearers.

Truthmaker theory maximalists hold that there are no truthmaker gaps: every truth has a truthmaker.

Critics of truthmaker theory have tried to find deep truthmaker gaps in order to refute truthmaker theory in general.

Truthmaker theory is closely related to correspondence theory; some authors see it as a modern version of correspondence theory.

For one, correspondence Truthmaker theory aims to give a substantive account or a definition of what truth is.

Arguments based on truthmaker theory have been used in various fields to criticize so-called "ontological cheaters".

Truthmaker theory claimed that we can account for unperceived objects in terms of counterfactual conditionals: It is true that the valuables are in the safe because if someone looked inside then this person would have a corresponding sensory impression.