Truthmaker puzzles for one-level physicalists
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چکیده
Abstract According to one-level physicalism, reality is exhausted by fundamental physical entities and properties. This position sometimes defended on the basis of truthmaker view ontological commitment. Accordingly, physicalists can affirm higher-level truths without ontologically committing any properties or states affairs; affairs serve as truthmakers all that have truthmakers, a physicalist’s ontology should consist nothing but their constituents. In this paper, I raise problem for who defend views appealing argue faces certain puzzles solutions which clash with main tenets physicalism. conclude either truthmaking not good guide commitment physicalism cannot be view.
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عنوان ژورنال: Synthese
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0039-7857', '1573-0964']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03734-7