How to Derive a 'Not' from an 'Is': A Defense of the Incompatibility View of Negative Truths

Metaphysica 9 (1):79-91 (2008)
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Truthmaker maximalism is the claim that every truth has a truthmaker. The case of negative truths leads some philosophers to postulate negative states of affairs or to give up on truthmaker maximalism. This paper defends a version of the incompatibility view of negative truths. Negative truths can be made true by positive facts, and thus, truthmaker maximalism can be maintained without postulating negative states of affairs

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