@article {12280,
	title = {Against Laws of Nature as Truthmakers for Presentists},
	journal = {Organon F},
	volume = {23},
	number = {4},
	year = {2016},
	pages = {428-442},
	type = {State},
	abstract = {This paper addresses the so-called {\textquoteleft}truthmaker problem{\textquoteright} or {\textquoteleft}grounding problem{\textquoteright} for presentism. In section 1, I set the stage by introducing presentism and the truthmaker problem. In section 2, I consider a proposed solution to it, which I call the {\textquoteleft}laws of nature proposal{\textquoteright} (LNP), recently defended by Markosian (2013). I argue that LNP fails as a solution to the truthmaker problem because it does not meet a constraint that is generally taken as constitutive of it: that the entities doing truthmaker work should be <em>categorical</em>. Then, in section 3, I discuss the prospects of abandoning this {\textquoteleft}categoricity constraint{\textquoteright}. The conclusion of this discussion is that the presentist should be allowed to such a move. This, however, is not completely good news for the friends of LNP, since the abandonment of the {\textquoteleft}categoricity constraint{\textquoteright} opens the door to simpler solutions, like what is often called {\textquoteleft}Lucretianism{\textquoteright}.},
	keywords = {Laws of nature, presentism, truthmaking},
	url = {http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/2016/4/428-442.pdf},
	author = {Rychter, Pablo}
}
