 This response is flawed because, as Milne points out, (M) is importantly unlike (L): (L) gives rise to an outright inconsistency when only elementary logic rules are applied to it; whereas (M) isn’t inconsistent per se but only when combined with a substantive metaphysical principle: maximalism. If, by contrast, you don’t believe in truth-makers then you have every right to treat (M) as just another true sentence—just as you have every right to think (P) is true if you don’t believe in propositions,