Kevin Scharp proposes an original theory of the nature and logic of truth on which truth is an
inconsistent concept that should be replaced for certain theoretical purposes. Replacing …

In spite of its significance for everyday and philosophical discourse, the explanatory
connective 'because'has not received much treatment in the philosophy of logic. The present …

This much is agreed:“x makes it true that p” is a construction that signifies, if it signifies
anything at all, a relation borne to a truth-bearer by something else, a truth-maker. But it isn't …

This paper argues that a consideration of the problem of providing truthmakers for negative
truths undermines truthmaker theory. Truthmaker theorists are presented with an …

This bulletin contains a summary of the main topics of discussion in truthmaker theory,
namely: the definition of truthmakers, problems with Truthmaker Necessitarianism and …

The essay is a partial investigation into the semantics of the explanatory
connective'because'. After three independently plausible assumptions about'because'are …

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 …

Realists about universals face a question about grounding. Are things how they are because
they instantiate the universals they do? Or do they instantiate those universals because they …

Truthmakers, Realism and Ontology1 Page 1 Truthmakers, Realism and Ontology1 ROSS P.
CAMERON Truthmaker Maximalism and Necessitarianism Orthodox truthmaker theory (by …

This paper is concerned with the relation between two important metaphysical
notions,'truthmaking'and 'grounding'. I begin by considering various ways in which …