{"product_id":"a-theory-of-truthmaking-metaphysics-ontology-and-reality-hardback-9781108499880","title":"A Theory of Truthmaking; Metaphysics, Ontology, and Reality (Hardback) 9781108499880","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Theory of Truthmaking\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMetaphysics, Ontology, and Reality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemonstrates how truthmaking can be used to make progress all across philosophy, but without its usual theoretical baggage.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJamin Asay (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108499880, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e306 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is an engaging read: brisk, direct, and thoroughly enjoyable, with interesting and challenging arguments throughout. If you're interested in the philosophy of truth, you should read it.' Mark Jago, University of Nottingham\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe theory of truthmaking has long aroused skepticism from philosophers who believe it to be tangled up in contentious ontological commitments and unnecessary theoretical baggage. In this book, Jamin Asay shows why that suspicion is unfounded. Challenging the current orthodoxy that truthmaking's fundamental purpose is to be a tool for explaining why truths are true, Asay revives the conception of truthmaking as fundamentally an exercise in ontology: a means for coordinating one's beliefs about what is true and one's ontological commitments. He goes on to show how truthmaking connects to analyticity, truth, and realism, and how it contributes to debates over nominalism, presentism, mathematical objects, and fictional characters. His book is the most comprehensive exploration to date into what truthmaking is and how it contributes to metaphysical debates across philosophy, and will interest a wide range of readers in metaphysics and beyond.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. A manifesto for truthmaking\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Foundations: 1. A methodology for truthmaking\u003cbr\u003e 2. Truthmaking, accounting, and explanation\u003cbr\u003e 3. The truthmaking relation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Truthmaker maximalism and the scope of truthmaking\u003cbr\u003e 5. A catalog of objections\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Applications: 6. Truth\u003cbr\u003e 7. Analyticity\u003cbr\u003e 8. Realism\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Metaphysics: 9. Nominalism\u003cbr\u003e 10. Presentism\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mathematics\u003cbr\u003e 12. Fiction\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Building an ontology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20epistemology%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20of%20knowledge%20%5BHPK%5D%22\"\u003eHPK\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e], Humanities [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Humanities\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Humanities%20%5BH%5D%22\"\u003eH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006035251480,"sku":"9781108499880","price":85.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108499880i.jpg?v=1696707019","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-theory-of-truthmaking-metaphysics-ontology-and-reality-hardback-9781108499880","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}