Re: Can there be a truth without a truthmaker?

On 4/4/2024 12:54 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 00:50:14 -0500, olcott wrote:
 

On 4/4/2024 12:18 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>

On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 11:50:50 -0500, olcott wrote:
>

A truth without a truthmaker is like a cake without a baker,
non-existent.

>
Where does the truthmaker come from?

>
An analytic truthmaker is any expression of language derived from
expressions that are stipulated to be true. These are usually the
definitions providing the semantic meanings of terms.

 So “truthmaker” is a matter of definition? A set of “axioms of truth”, if
you like?

Only for analytic truth-makers.
Axioms of truth and what is semantically deduced from them.
--
Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer