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A truthmaker is anything that makes some truthbearer true.
The Correspondence Theory of Truth David, Marian 2009
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(i) The term “truthbearer” is somewhat misleading; it is intended to refer to bearers of truth or falsehood; or alternatively, to things of which it makes sense to ask whether they are true or false, thus allowing for the possibility that some of them might be neither.
The Correspondence Theory of Truth David, Marian 2009
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(i) The notion of a truthmaker is tightly connected with, and dependent on, the relational notion of truthmaking: a truthmaker is whatever stands in the truthmaking relation to some truthbearer.
The Correspondence Theory of Truth David, Marian 2009
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“truthmaker principle” (cf. Section 8.5), which says that for every truth there must be something in the world that makes it true, i.e., every true truthbearer must have a truthmaker.
The Correspondence Theory of Truth David, Marian 2009
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F1): each true truthbearer, no matter how complex, will be assigned a matching fact.
The Correspondence Theory of Truth David, Marian 2009
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