An Argument for Completely General Facts

In his 1918 logical atomism lectures, Russell argued that there are no molecular facts. But he posed a problem for anyone wanting to avoid molecular facts: we need truth-makers for generalizations of molecular formulas, but such truth-makers seem to be both unavoidable and to have an abominably mol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Landon D. C. Elkind
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MULPress 2021-08-01
Series:Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy
Online Access:https://jhaponline.org/jhap/article/view/4439