According to the deflationary theory of truth, nothing is added to the assertion, "The cat is on the mat.", by saying the "The cat is on the mat is true.", since to assert it is to say it's true. — Aleksander Kvam
Is what made true by "some non-obtaining state of affairs"? Do you mean that if she won the election then she would have been president? That is made true by definition (assuming that some other intervening state of affairs hadn't prevented it). — Janus
But asserting the "The cat is on the mat" does not make it true. — Marchesk
I can't see the problem; the "state of how things really are" is that she lost the election.
But regardless, it seems an oddity when compared to corresponding to things which are actually there. — MindForged
Yes, but as I said it is also true that Clinton did not won the election if something is present (namely a presence of Clinton losing).
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