In my previous post I talked about the correspondence theory of truth and its relation to truthmaker theory. I’m going to follow itĀ up with a series of posts on various issues concerning truth and ontology that I’ve been mulling over off-and-on over the past several years.Ā The current post concerns disquotation principles. I distinguish between sententialā¦ Read More »
What is the relation of truthmaker theory to the correspondence theory of truth? In a paper by William Lane Craig and David Hunt that I’ve just finished responding to in a series of posts (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), they assert that It is ā¦ no part of the correspondence theory of truth thatā¦ Read More »
This is the fifth installment in a series of posts responding to a 2013Ā paperĀ by William Lane Craig and David Hunt (hereafter, C&H) entitled āPerils of the Open Roadā. In the paper C&H critique two papers defending open theism: a 2006Ā paperĀ (hereafter, RBB) that I co-wrote with Greg Boyd and Tom Belt entitled āOpen Theism, Omniscience, andā¦ Read More »
This is the fourthĀ installment in a series of posts in which I respond to a recent 2013Ā paperĀ entitled āPerils of the Open Roadā authored by William Lane Craig and David Hunt (hereafter, C&H).Ā In their paper C&H critique two papers defending open theism: a 2006Ā paperĀ (hereafter, RBB) that I co-wrote with Greg Boyd and Tom Belt entitled āOpenā¦ Read More »
With this post I begin a series in which I respond to a 2013 paper by William Lane Craig and David Hunt. Entitled “Perils of the Open Road,” the paper critiques two papers defending open theism. More specifically, they critique a 2006 paper that I co-wrote with Greg Boyd and Tom Belt entitled “Open Theism,ā¦ Read More »
Trenton Merricks claims that truthmakers must be what truths are “about” in some unarticulated sense of “about”. He then argues against truthmaker-type principles by claiming that there are truths of various sorts for which his undefined aboutness criterion cannot be met. In two of my last three posts I have criticized Merricks for leaving thisā¦ Read More »