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If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: for a statement to be true is for things to be as they are stated to be.

J. L. Mackie

J. L. Mackie

J. L. Mackie

Born: August 25, 1917

Died: December 12, 1981 (aged 64)

Bio: John Leslie Mackie, usually cited as J. L. Mackie, was an Australian philosopher, originally from Sydney.

Known for:

Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (1977)
The Miracle of Theism
Problems from Locke (1976)
The cement of the universe (1974)
Hume's moral theory (1980)

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