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SUMMARY:Rethinking Metaphysics - Misdirections in Metaphysics 2: The Truthmaker Conception of Metaphysics
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DESCRIPTION:<p>This is part 2 of a series of three lectures</p>\n<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>\n<p>A prominent alternative to the explanatory conception of metaphysics is the &lsquo\;Truthmaker&rsquo\; approach\, which sees metaphysics as a descriptive enterprise\, aiming to say what (really) exists\, or what is fundamental\, by determining what features of the world make our true claims true. But this approach\, too\, relies on a problematic functional monist assumption: that all indicatives aim to describe or represent the world as being certain ways\, and demand relevant worldly features to make them true. This assumption leads us into a range of troubles for the truthmaker approach. A better understanding of linguistic functions enables us to diagnose the problems behind the truthmaker conception of metaphysics and why they arose\, and can point us in more fruitful directions.</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Georg Brun:
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