Fundamentality and Grounding by Kerry Mckenzie
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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Analogical Reasoning in Science
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Climate Science
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The Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge
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Objectivity in Science
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Logical Empiricism as Scientific Philosophy
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Unity of Science
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Science Denial
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Scientific Realism
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The Philosophy of Linguistics
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Underdetermination and Theoretical Virtues
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Scientific Representation
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Modelling Scientific Communities
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Science and the Public
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Philosophy of Probability and Statistical Modelling
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Feminist Philosophy of Science
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Relativism in the Philosophy of Science
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Values in Science
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Abductive Reasoning in Science
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Scientific Models and Decision Making
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Duhem and Holism
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Scientific Knowledge and the Deep Past
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Scientific Progress
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Bayesianism and Scientific Reasoning
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Big Data
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Natural Kinds
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Causation
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108714020 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108714021 |
| Title | Fundamentality and Grounding |
| Author | Kerry Mckenzie |
| Series | Elements In The Philosophy Of Science |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2022-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 75 |
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