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 – e.g., 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, I try 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.
By:
Fabrice Correia (University of Geneva) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom ISBN:9781009180511 ISBN 10: 1009180517 Series:Elements in Philosophy and Logic Pages: 94 Publication Date:16 January 2025 Audience:
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Introduction; 1. The jungle of grounding; 2. Pure logics; 3. Impure logics; 4. Further topics; Appendix: Labelled Trees; Bibliography.