The logic of grounding /
The concept of grounding, of a fact obtaining in virtue of other facts, has been a topic of intensive philosophical and logical investigation over roughly the past two decades. Many philosophers take grounding to deserve a central place in metaphysical theorizing, in great part because it is thought...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2024].
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| Series: | Cambridge elements. Elements in philosophy and logic.
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| Summary: | The concept of grounding, of a fact obtaining in virtue of other facts, has been a topic of intensive philosophical and logical investigation over roughly the past two decades. Many philosophers take grounding to deserve a central place in metaphysical theorizing, in great part because it is thought to do a better job than other concepts, for example, reduction and supervenience, at capturing certain phenomena. Studies on the logic of grounding have largely been conducted with this philosophical background in mind. In this Element, the author tries to give a faithful picture of the contemporary development of the logic of grounding in a way that is both reasonably comprehensive and reasonably systematic. |
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| Physical Description: | 86 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-86). |
| ISBN: | 9781009547802 1009547801 9781009180511 1009180517 |