From nature to grounding

Grounding is a powerful metaphysical concept; yet there is widespread scepticism about the intelligibility of the notion. In this paper, I propose an account of an entity’s nature or essence, which I then use to provide grounding conditions for that entity. I claim that an understanding of an entity...

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Main Author: Jago, Mark
Other Authors: Bliss, Ricki
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39073/
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description Grounding is a powerful metaphysical concept; yet there is widespread scepticism about the intelligibility of the notion. In this paper, I propose an account of an entity’s nature or essence, which I then use to provide grounding conditions for that entity. I claim that an understanding of an entity’s nature, together with an account of how logically complex entities are grounded, provides all we need to understand how that entity is grounded. This approach not only allows us to say what grounds what, it also sheds light on the formal features of the grounding relation. It provides a principled argument for the orthodox view that grounding is irreflexive, asymmetrical, and transitive; but it allows that it may not be well-founded. The resulting approach gives us a powerful framework for understanding nature, grounding, and the relationship between them.
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spelling nottingham-390732020-06-05T04:30:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39073/ From nature to grounding Jago, Mark Grounding is a powerful metaphysical concept; yet there is widespread scepticism about the intelligibility of the notion. In this paper, I propose an account of an entity’s nature or essence, which I then use to provide grounding conditions for that entity. I claim that an understanding of an entity’s nature, together with an account of how logically complex entities are grounded, provides all we need to understand how that entity is grounded. This approach not only allows us to say what grounds what, it also sheds light on the formal features of the grounding relation. It provides a principled argument for the orthodox view that grounding is irreflexive, asymmetrical, and transitive; but it allows that it may not be well-founded. The resulting approach gives us a powerful framework for understanding nature, grounding, and the relationship between them. Oxford University Press Bliss, Ricki Priest, Graham 2018-06-05 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39073/1/From%20Nature%20to%20Grounding.pdf Jago, Mark (2018) From nature to grounding. In: Reality and its Structure: Essays in Fundamentality. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198755630 Grounding nature essence fundamentality ontology real definition
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Jago, Mark
From nature to grounding
title From nature to grounding
title_full From nature to grounding
title_fullStr From nature to grounding
title_full_unstemmed From nature to grounding
title_short From nature to grounding
title_sort from nature to grounding
topic Grounding
nature
essence
fundamentality
ontology
real definition
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39073/