This paper concerns a distinction between circumstantial truths that hold because of the circumstances and acircumstantial truths that hold regardless of, or transcend, the circumstances. Previous discussions of the distinction tended to focus on its applications, such as to modality, logical truth, and essence. This paper focuses on developing the distinction largely, but not entirely, in abstraction from its potential applications. As such, the paper’s main contribution is to further clarify the distinction itself. An indirect contribution is to help guide its future applications.

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真理的基础

本文关注因环境而成立的环境真理与不考虑或超越环境而成立的非环境真理之间的区别。以前对这个区别的讨论往往集中在它的应用上，例如模态、逻辑真理和本质。本文着重于在很大程度上（但不完全）从其潜在应用程序中抽象出这种区别。因此，本文的主要贡献是进一步阐明了区别本身。间接贡献是帮助指导其未来的应用。