truthmaker

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English

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Etymology

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From truth +‎ maker.

Noun

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truthmaker (plural truthmakers)

  1. (philosophy) That entity in virtue of which a truthbearer is true.
    • 2008 August 27, Kevin Dewan, “Review of Heather Dyke, Metaphysics and the Representational Fallacy”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI:
      It is possible for two non-synonymous sentences to have the same truthmaker.

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