{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2000692922","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00048400600759092","title":"Negative truths from positive facts","display_name":"Negative truths from positive facts","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2000692922","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00048400600759092","mag":"2000692922"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/00048400600759092","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00048400600759092","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00048400600759092","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S98189702","display_name":"Australasian Journal of Philosophy","issn_l":"0004-8402","issn":["0004-8402","1470-6828","1471-6828"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847","https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge","Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Australasian Journal of Philosophy","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://philpapers.org/archive/CHENTF.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063547625","display_name":"Colin Cheyne","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I80281795","display_name":"University of Otago","ror":"https://ror.org/01jmxt844","country_code":"NZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I80281795"]}],"countries":["NZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Colin Cheyne","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Otago"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Otago","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80281795"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082503593","display_name":"Charles R. Pigden","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I80281795","display_name":"University of Otago","ror":"https://ror.org/01jmxt844","country_code":"NZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I80281795"]}],"countries":["NZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Charles Pigden","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Otago"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Otago","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80281795"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80281795"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.9495,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":93,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9017671,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"84","issue":"2","first_page":"249","last_page":"265"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.49390000104904175,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.49390000104904175,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11477","display_name":"Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics","score":0.4814000129699707,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13558","display_name":"Philosophy, Science, and History","score":0.008100000210106373,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/negative-facts","display_name":"negative facts","score":0.8370000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/truthmakers","display_name":"truthmakers","score":0.7609999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/truthmaker-theory","display_name":"truthmaker theory","score":0.6919999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/contingent-truths","display_name":"contingent truths","score":0.8080000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/state-of-affairs","display_name":"states of affairs","score":0.7590000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/russell","display_name":"Russell","score":0.47600001096725464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/armstrong","display_name":"Armstrong","score":0.9430000185966492}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779899501","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629680","display_name":"Hippopotamus","level":2,"score":0.8668638467788696},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.6809911131858826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.618229329586029},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/00048400600759092","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00048400600759092","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00048400600759092","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S98189702","display_name":"Australasian Journal of Philosophy","issn_l":"0004-8402","issn":["0004-8402","1470-6828","1471-6828"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847","https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge","Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Australasian Journal of Philosophy","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:philarchive.org/rec/CHENTF","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://philarchive.org/rec/CHENTF","pdf_url":"https://philpapers.org/archive/CHENTF.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402130","display_name":"PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:philpapers.org/rec/CHENTF","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://philpapers.org/rec/CHENTF","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402130","display_name":"PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:philarchive.org/rec/CHENTF","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://philarchive.org/rec/CHENTF","pdf_url":"https://philpapers.org/archive/CHENTF.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402130","display_name":"PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.6200000047683716,"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2000692922.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2000692922.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":25,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W74902956","https://openalex.org/W107592971","https://openalex.org/W122531845","https://openalex.org/W180744610","https://openalex.org/W370355344","https://openalex.org/W417412197","https://openalex.org/W620387456","https://openalex.org/W1430000350","https://openalex.org/W1512629031","https://openalex.org/W1530096493","https://openalex.org/W1602276411","https://openalex.org/W1847033326","https://openalex.org/W1891479826","https://openalex.org/W1964659482","https://openalex.org/W2002110857","https://openalex.org/W2012344387","https://openalex.org/W2012631108","https://openalex.org/W2050691920","https://openalex.org/W2076439247","https://openalex.org/W2081115956","https://openalex.org/W2224573344","https://openalex.org/W2269320692","https://openalex.org/W2321352375","https://openalex.org/W2335807927","https://openalex.org/W2917135092"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2155125993","https://openalex.org/W2073095722","https://openalex.org/W4237639653","https://openalex.org/W2752247614","https://openalex.org/W1944651790","https://openalex.org/W2081115956","https://openalex.org/W4200101347","https://openalex.org/W2319481656","https://openalex.org/W6985291210","https://openalex.org/W2070517213"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"According":[0],"to":[1,42,95],"the":[2,33,36,53,58,76,90,96],"truthmaker":[3],"theory":[4],"that":[5,23,29,39],"we":[6,30],"favour,":[7],"all":[8],"contingent":[9],"truths":[10,45,66],"are":[11,40,67],"made":[12,68],"true":[13,69],"by":[14,70],"existing":[15],"facts":[16,38,81],"or":[17],"states":[18],"of":[19,35,60,79,92],"affairs.":[20],"But":[21],"if":[22],"is":[24,49],"so,":[25],"then":[26],"it":[27],"appears":[28],"must":[31],"accept":[32],"existence":[34,59],"negative":[37,44,61,65,80],"required":[41],"make":[43],"(such":[46],"as":[47],"\u2018There":[48],"no":[50],"hippopotamus":[51],"in":[52],"room.\u2019)":[54],"true.":[55],"We":[56],"deny":[57],"facts,":[62,72],"show":[63],"how":[64],"positive":[71],"point":[73],"out":[74],"where":[75],"(reluctant)":[77],"advocates":[78],"(Russell,":[82],"Armstrong,":[83],"et":[84],"al.)":[85],"went":[86],"wrong,":[87],"and":[88],"demonstrate":[89],"superiority":[91],"our":[93],"solution":[94],"alternatives.":[97]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":19},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":19},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-10-14T16:39:01.820549","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}