Recent work on alethic pluralism
These propositions pertain to subject matters of radically different natures. While (ORD) and (MATH) pertain to mind-independent states of affairs, (ETH), (LEG), (CUL), and (HUM) concern states of affairs that depend on mind in some way. Further distinctions apply within each group. For instance, while (ORD) concerns concrete entities, (MATH) says something about numbers, certain abstract entities. The alethic pluralist contends that differences in subject matter go hand in hand with differences in truth. Thus, considering the above propositions, the alethic pluralist might say that (ORD) is true in virtue of corresponding with reality whereas (MATH) and (LEG) owe their truth to cohering with respectively the axioms of arithmetic and the law. She might continue the story by saying that (ETH), (CUL), and (HUM) are true in virtue of eliciting certain responses in subjects (although the particular type of response relevant to each case might be different). We can capture these ideas by characterizing the alethic pluralist as someone who endorses the following thesis: