If determinable universals cannot function as independent truthmakers, they lack the ontological standing required to count as irreducible universals in a sparse theory of properties.
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A philosophical view that says only the most basic, essential properties actually exist in the world, rather than every conceivable property.
truthmakers(as used in metaphysics and logic)
In philosophy, a truthmaker is the thing in the world that makes a statement true. For example, the existence of snow is what makes the statement 'snow is white' true.