TRUTHMAKERS, THE DISJUNCTION THESIS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF EXCLUDED MIDDLE

Authors

  • Abilio Azambuja Rodrigues Filho Federal University of Minas Gerais image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v12i2.4889

Keywords:

truth-makers, truth, intuitionistic logic.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present and analyze the truthmaker monism, a result according to which any truthmaker makes true any true proposition. Truthmaker monism depends on the characterization of the truthmaking relation in terms of strict implication, the principle of excluded middle and the so called disjunction thesis. I will restrict the discussion to a theory of truthmakers of empirical truths and I will argue that, in the scope of such a theory, the problem does not lie in the use of strict implication neither in the excluded middle but, rather, in the disjunction thesis, that must be rejected.

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Author Biography

  • Abilio Azambuja Rodrigues Filho, Federal University of Minas Gerais
    Abílio Rodrigues Filho é Doutor em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (2007). Atualmente é professor adjunto da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Suas principais áreas de atuação são filosofia da linguagem, lógica e filosofia da lógica.

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Published

2009-05-15

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2007): Philosophy of Language and mind

Section

Artigos Originais

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