{"product_id":"truth-and-truthmakers-paperback-9780521547239","title":"Truth and Truthmakers (Paperback) 9780521547239","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTruth and Truthmakers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book, first published in 2004, makes a compelling case for truthmaking and its importance in philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eD. M. Armstrong (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521547239, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 27 May 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e172 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  1 table\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 13.7 x 1.1 cm, 0.23 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'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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTruths are determined not by what we believe, but by the way the world is. Or so realists about truth believe. Philosophers call such theories correspondence theories of truth. Truthmaking theory, which now has many adherents among contemporary philosophers, is a recent development of a realist theory of truth, and in this book, first published in 2004, D. M. Armstrong offers the first full-length study of this theory. He examines its applications to different sorts of truth, including contingent truths, modal truths, truths about the past and the future, and mathematical truths. In a clear, even-handed and non-technical discussion he makes a compelling case for truthmaking and its 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. An introduction to truthmakers\u003cbr\u003e 2. The general theory of truthmaking\u003cbr\u003e 3. Epistemology and methodology\u003cbr\u003e 4. Properties, relations and states of affairs\u003cbr\u003e 5. Negative truths\u003cbr\u003e 6. General truths\u003cbr\u003e 7. Truthmakers for modal truths: Part 1, possibility\u003cbr\u003e 8. Truthmakers for modal truths: Part 2, necessity\u003cbr\u003e 9. Numbers and classes\u003cbr\u003e 10. Causes, laws and dispositions\u003cbr\u003e 11. Time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Analytical philosophy \u0026amp; Logical Positivism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Analytical philosophy \u0026amp; Logical Positivism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Analytical%20philosophy%20\u0026amp;%20Logical%20Positivism%20%5BHPCF5%5D%22\"\u003eHPCF5\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":46002510594328,"sku":"9780521547239","price":20.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521547239i_9525881d-4fd6-4f81-b083-7d87295d90e4.jpg?v=1691369502","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/truth-and-truthmakers-paperback-9780521547239","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}