The General Truthmaker View of ontological commitment

被引:19
作者
Rettler, Bradley [1 ]
机构
[1] Baylor Univ, Dept Philosophy, One Bear Pl 97273, Waco, TX 76798 USA
关键词
Truthmaking; Ontological commitment; Ontology;
D O I
10.1007/s11098-015-0526-x
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
In this paper, I articulate and argue for a new truthmaker view of ontological commitment, which I call the "General Truthmaker View": when one affirms a sentence, one is ontologically committed to there being something (or some things) that makes (or make) true the proposition expressed by the sentence. This view comes apart from Quinean orthodoxy in that we are not ontologically committed to the things over which we quantify, and it comes apart from extant truthmaker views of ontological commitment in that we are not ontologically committed to the truthmakers of our sentences.
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页码:1405 / 1425
页数:21
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