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It always seems valuable in metaphysics to consider what the truthmakers are for any proposition held to be true. Sometimes, however, this will not do a great deal more than clarify the issues involved. Perhaps this is the case in questions about the nature of causality and law, considered in the last chapter. In other cases, however, insisting on considering what the truthmakers are will actually help to push the discussion in some particular direction. This seems evident in the case of counterfactual truths. It also seems plausible in the case of certain questions about the metaphysics of time.
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It always seems valuable in metaphysics to consider what the truthmakers are for any proposition held to be true. Sometimes, however, this will not do a great deal more than clarify the issues involved. Perhaps this is the case in questions about the nature of causality and law, considered in the last chapter. In other cases, however, insisting on considering what the truthmakers are will actually help to push the discussion in some particular direction. This seems evident in the case of counterfactual truths. It also seems plausible in the case of certain questions about the metaphysics of time.
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