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Negative truths from positive facts?

Abstract:: I argue that Colin Cheyne and Charles Pigden's recent attempt to find truthmakers for negative truths fails. Though Cheyne and Pigden are correct in their treatment of some of the truths they set out to find truthmakers for (such as 'There is no hippopotamus in S223' and 'Theatetus is not flying') they over-generalize when they apply the same treatment to 'There are no unicorns'. In my view, this difficulty is ineliminable: not every truth has a truthmaker.

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Parsons, J. (2006). Negative truths from positive facts? Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 84(4), 591–602.

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Parsons, J. “Negative Truths from Positive Facts?” Australasian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 84, no. 4, 2006, pp. 591–602.

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Parsons, J. 2006. “Negative Truths from Positive Facts?” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 84 (4): 591–602.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1080/00048400601079144

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Journal:: Australasian Journal of Philosophy More from this journal
Volume:: 84
Issue:: 4
Pages:: 591-602
Publication date:: 2006-01-01
DOI:: 10.1080/00048400601079144
EISSN:: 1471-6828
ISSN:: 0004-8402

Language:: English
Pubs id:: pubs:312214
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Local pid:: pubs:312214
Source identifiers:: 312214
Deposit date:: 2012-12-19

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