Armstrong's truthmaker theory demonstrates that the truth of 'x is F' requires a distinct ontological ground from x itself, confirming that instantiation never entails identity with what is instantiated.
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Truthmaker theory(Armstrong's main philosophical contribution)
A philosophical idea that for any statement to be true, there must be something real in the world that makes it true—like a fact or object that explains why the statement isn't just made up.
ground(Contrasted with mere necessary conditions for rightness)
That which makes an act right; the basis of rightness or obligation
instantiation(Lowe's trope-involving pluralism)
The formal relation between a mode and the universal attribute the mode instantiates; it is part of a mode's essence that it instantiates the specific attribute it does