Fundamentality and Grounding

Author:   Kerry McKenzie (University of California, San Diego)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
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9781108714020


Pages:   75
Publication Date:   03 March 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Fundamentality and Grounding


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A suite of questions concerning fundamentality lies at the heart of contemporary metaphysics. The relation of grounding, thought to connect the more to the less fundamental, sits at the heart of those debates in turn. Since most contemporary metaphysicians embrace the doctrine of physicalism and thus hold that reality is fundamentally physical, a natural question is how physics can inform the current debates over fundamentality and grounding. This Element introduces the reader to the concept of grounding and some of the key issues that animate contemporary debates around it, such as the question of whether grounding is 'unified' or 'plural' and whether there exists a fundamental level of reality. It moves on to show how resources from physics can help point the way towards their answers - thus furthering the case for a naturalistic approach to even the most fundamental of questions in metaphysics.

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Author:   Kerry McKenzie (University of California, San Diego)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.136kg
ISBN:  

9781108714020


ISBN 10:   1108714021
Pages:   75
Publication Date:   03 March 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Getting on the dartboard with 'levels', 'priority', and 'grounding'; 3. Levels of Nature, Levels of Metaphysics, and the Plurality of Priority; 4. Viciousness and Fundamentality; 5. Concluding Remarks.

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