  The idea that truth is grounded in various properties \(F_1 , \ldots ,F_n\) might be further introduced by way of analogy. Consider water. We ordinarily think and talk about something’s being water as if it were just one thing—able to exist in different states, but nevertheless consisting in just one property (H\(_2\)O). But it would be a mistake to legislate in advance that we should be monists about water, since the nature of water is now known to vary more than our intuitions would initially have it. The isotopic distribution of water allows for different molecular structures, to include hydroxonium (H\(_3\)O), deuterium oxide (D\(_2\)O), and so-called ‘semi-heavy water’ (HDO). Or again, consider sugar, the nature of which includes glucose, fructose, lactose, cellulose, and similar other such carbohydrates. For the pluralist, so too might truth be grounded as a plurality of more basic properties.