What makes necessary truths true? I argue that all truth supervenes on how things are, and that necessary truths are no exception. What makes them true are proofs. But if so, the notion of proof needs to be generalized to include verification-transcendent proofs, proofs whose correctness exceeds our ability to verify it. It is incumbent on me, therefore, to show that arguments, such as DummettÕs, that verification-truth is not compatible with the theory of meaning, are mistaken. The answer is t
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Type: Book Chapter
Book Title: The Realism-Antirealism Debate in the Age of Alternative Logics (2011)
Page Reference: 17
ISBN: 9789400719224