Truth depends in some sense on reality. But it is a rather delicate matter to spell this intuition out in a plausible and precise way. According to the theory of truth-making this intuition implies that either every truth or at least every truth of a certain class of truths has a so-called truth-maker, an entity whose existence accounts for truth. This book aims to provide several ways of assessing the correctness of this controversial claim. The book presents a detailed introduction to the theory of truth-making, which outlines truth-maker relations, the ontological category of truth-making entities, and the scope of a truth-maker theory. The essays brought together here represent the most important articles on truth-making in the last three decades as well as new essays by leading researchers in the field of the theory of truth and of truth-making.

About the Author
E. J. Lowe is Professor of Philosophy at University of Durham. A. Rami is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Gottingen.

Reviews
"The theory of truth-making has become in a few years one of the most exciting and difficult topics within theoretical philosophy. This collection is very welcome and will be of great help to newcomers and to afficionados alike." - Pascal Engel, University of Geneva"



Book Information
ISBN 9781844651450
Author E. J. Lowe
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Acumen Publishing Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 385g