Fundamental Things - Theory and Applications of Grounding

Science suggests that things are organized into layers, with phenomena in higher layers dependent on and determined by what occurs below. Philosophers try to make sense of this through a relation called grounding. This book develops a theory of grounding and applies that theory to various questions on the nature of facts and truth.

Sommario

• Preface


• 1: Grounding and Fundamentality


• 2: Some Features of Grounding


• 3: Skepticism


• 4: Grounding and Reduction


• 5: Preventing Collapse


• 6: Grounding the Unreal


• 7: Hollow Truth


• 8: The Nonreductivist's Trouble with Explanation


• Bibliography

Info autore

Louis deRosset is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vermont. He is the author of numerous papers in metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophical logic, and was the winner of the Marc Sanders Prize in metaphysics in 2013.

Riassunto

Science suggests that things are organized into layers, with phenomena in higher layers dependent on and determined by what occurs below. Philosophers try to make sense of this through a relation called grounding. This book develops a theory of grounding and applies that theory to various questions on the nature of facts and truth.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Louis deRosset, Louis (Professor of Philosophy Derosset
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9780198812890
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881289-0
• Pagine: 368
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: logic