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 W.V.O. Quine - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments
 
W.V.O. Quine (1908-2000), American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition. His major works include From a Logical Point of View (1953) and Word and Object (1960). His fields of specialization were philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, and logic.

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Truth makers, philosophy: Some theories assume that, in the case of true statements, there must be something that is the reason why they are true, the so-called truth makers. Opponents of the truth maker theories represent the view that these truth makers are ultimately a repetition of the description of a state of affairs in other words, whereby a description cannot be made true by another description. One problem is the specification of truth makers when it comes to statements about non-existence. See also reason, justification, truth, facts, universals, natural laws, negation, causality, causal theory, causal explanation, ontology, non-existence, non-factualism.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.
 
Author Item    More concepts for author
Armstrong, David M. Truthmakers   Armstrong
Austin, J.L. Truthmakers   Austin
Bolzano, Bernard Truthmakers   Bolzano
Brandom, Robert Truthmakers   Brandom
Chisholm, Roderick Truthmakers   Chisholm
Davidson, Donald Truthmakers   Davidson
Dummett, Michael E. Truthmakers   Dummett
Evans, Gareth Truthmakers   Evans
Lewis, David K. Truthmakers   Lewis
Martin, Charles B. Truthmakers   Martin
Place, Ullin Thomas Truthmakers   Place
Quine, W.V.O. Truthmakers   Quine
Rorty, Richard Truthmakers   Rorty
Simons, Peter M. Truthmakers   Simons
Strawson, Peter F. Truthmakers   Strawson
Wittgenstein, Ludwig Truthmakers   Wittgenstein

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