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What should we say about the ‘difficult’ cases of truthmaking, involving general and negative existential truths, modal truths, counterfactual truths, analytic truths, and temporal truths? The toughest cases are the general and negative existential truths. I’ll argue that we can’t account for them without introducing new bits of ontology (§5.2 and §5.3). Armstrong’s totality states of affairs are not the best option (§5.4). Negative states of affairs are a better bet (§5.5), although their metaphysical analysis is difficult (§5.6). I’ll discuss the remaining cases – modal truths, counterfactual truths, analytic truths, and temporal truths – in §5.7.
Title: Everything and Nothing
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What should we say about the ‘difficult’ cases of truthmaking, involving general and negative existential truths, modal truths, counterfactual truths, analytic truths, and temporal truths? The toughest cases are the general and negative existential truths.
I’ll argue that we can’t account for them without introducing new bits of ontology (§5.
2 and §5.
3).
Armstrong’s totality states of affairs are not the best option (§5.
4).
Negative states of affairs are a better bet (§5.
5), although their metaphysical analysis is difficult (§5.
6).
I’ll discuss the remaining cases – modal truths, counterfactual truths, analytic truths, and temporal truths – in §5.
7.
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