Fundamentality and Grounding

Kerry McKenzie (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

75 Seiten

2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-71402-0 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.02.2022
Reihe/Serie	Elements in the Philosophy of Science
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 228 mm
Gewicht	136 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-108-71402-1 / 1108714021
ISBN-13	978-1-108-71402-0 / 9781108714020
Zustand	Neuware