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    The ontological aspect of the neo-classical correspondenc... — Carmelics
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    Supports→There must be a thing (a truthmaker) that makes each truth true.

    The ontological aspect of the neo-classical correspondence theory requires not merely word-to-world relations but an entity grounding each truth.

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    The truthmaker principle expresses the ontological aspect of the neo-classical correspondence theory. Not merely must truth obtain in virtue of word-to-world relations, but there must be a thing that makes each truth true. (For one view on this, see Merricks (2007).)

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