“There are different interpretations of the problem of universals. I understand it as the problem of giving the truthmakers of propositions to the effect that a certain particular is such and such, e.g. propositions like 'this rose is red'. Others have interpreted it as a problem about the ontological commitments of such propositions or a problem about what those propositions mean.” GivingMeanDifferentProblemCertainEffectsParticularCommitmentRedRoseInterpretationPropositionsDifferent InterpretationsRoses Are Red Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“A truthmaker is an entity in virtue of which the proposition it makes true is true. And it is a necessary condition of being a truthmaker (though not a sufficient one) that a truthmaker necessitates the proposition it makes true.” VirtueConditionsSufficientEntityPropositions Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“The difference between resemblance nominalism and class nominalism is that the former, but not the latter, brings in resemblance to account for the truthmakers of the propositions in question.” DifferencesClassAccountsFormerLatterPropositionsResemblance Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
