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Truth and Ontology Added to My To Do List

 February 20, 2008 |  Andy |  philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy

I really want to find time to read Trenton Merrick’s new book Truth and Ontology. It looks really interesting.

There are a wide range of metaphysical theses that are rejected because they are alleged to be incompatible with any kind of truth maker principle (or Truth Supervenes on Being Principle). Presentism is example of one of these views.

Defenders of these views usually try to find a way to explain how there views are compatible with some plausible truth maker principle.

Merricks takes a different tack. He denies the main candidate truth maker principles (including the Truth Supervenes on Being Principle).

Ben Caplan’s review of the book just came out here.

One Response to “Truth and Ontology Added to My To Do List”

  1. Justin
    February 21, 2008 at 1:52 am

    This book (as well as Merricks’ first book) is also on my to do list, especially if I end up going to UVA for grad school. In other news, I’m “very high” on the wait-list at UNC.

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