Title: Truthmaking beyond truthmakers, a solution for negative existentials

Abstract:

The problem of negative truths is arguably the puzzle for truthmaking theory, called the holy grail (Molnar 2000, 85), and the dragon to be slain (Parsons 2006, 591). I propose to solve a piece of the puzzle, the truthmaking for negative existentials. My solution introduces the domain as a factor in truthmaking and satisfies the main desideratum of Molnar’s tetrad (2000). It offers a perimeter formed by the domain to constrain the truthmaking, rather than accepting Necessitarianism that claims the truthmaker necessitates the truth. This solution is a start to piece the puzzle of negative truths, the truthmaking for negative existentials goes beyond the truthmaker.