Boring Infinite Descent

Tahko, Tuomas E.

doi:10.1111/meta.12084

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“…For simplicity's sake in this paper I take tense-realism as equipped with a basic notion of constitution and leave a discussion of the alleged viciousness of such an infinite regress for another occasion. Among others, see Bliss (2013Bliss ( , 2014, Morganti (2009) andTahko (2014) for recent criticism of the idea that infinite regresses and circularities in explanation are always vicious.…”

Section: Absolutism Neutrality and Coherencementioning

confidence: 99%

Fine’s McTaggart: Reloaded

Loss

2017

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In this paper I will present three arguments (based on the notions of constitution, metaphysical reality, and truth, respectively) with the aim of shedding some new light on the structure of Fine's (2005Fine's ( , 2006 'McTaggartian' arguments against the reality of tense. Along the way, I will also (i) draw a novel map of the main realist positions about tense, (ii) unearth a previously unnoticed but potentially interesting form of external relativism (which I will label 'hyper-presentism') and (iii) sketch a novel interpretation of Fine's fragmentalism (which I contrast with Lipman's 2015, 2016b, forthcoming).

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Section: Absolutism Neutrality and Coherencementioning

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Fine’s McTaggart: Reloaded

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2017

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“…Rodriguez‐Pereyra [] argues against ground being a strict order. Well‐foundedness is implicitly assumed if seldom explicitly defended (although see Cameron [] and Schaffer []), although Rosen [] and Raven [ms] leave well‐foundedness open and Bliss [] and Tahko [] challenge it.…”

Section: Beyond the Operatormentioning

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Ground

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2015

Philosophy Compass

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This essay focuses on a recently prominent notion of (metaphysical) ground which is distinctive for how it links metaphysics to explanation. Ground is supposed to serve both as the common factor in diverse in virtue of questions as well as the structuring relation in the project of explaining how some phenomena are “built” from more fundamental phenomena. My aim is to provide an opinionated synopsis of this notion of ground without engaging with others. Ground, so understood, generally resists illumination by appeal to more familiar models of explanation. Nevertheless, its distinctive explanatory and metaphysical aspects guide us on characterizing its explanatory logic and its metaphysical features. Some issues concerning the meta‐question of what (if anything) grounds ground are explored, as well as some recent skeptical challenges to ground.

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“…7 Following thus the lead of Correia (2005) and Schnieder (2006). 8 See Bliss (2013), Morganti (2009) andTahko (2014). 9 See Dixon (forthcoming-b) and Rabin and Rabern (forthcoming-b).…”

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“…Foundationalism is defended by Cameron (), is assumed by Schaffer (), and endorsed by Bennett (). While Rosen (, p. 116) and Raven (forthcoming, p. 8) leave the question open, foundationalism is challenged by Bliss (), Morganti () and Tahko ().…”

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Grounds, Roots and Abysses

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2016

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy

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The aim of this study is to address the “Grounding Grounding Problem,” that is, the question as to what, if anything, grounds facts about grounding. I aim to show that, if a seemingly plausible principle of modal recombination between fundamental facts and the principle customarily called “Entailment” are assumed, it is possible to prove not only that grounding facts featuring fundamental, contingent grounds are derivative but also that either they are (at least) partially grounded in the grounds they feature or they are “abysses” (i.e., derivative facts without fundamental grounds and lying at the top of an infinitely descending chain of ground).

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Boring Infinite Descent

Cited by 92 publications

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Fine’s McTaggart: Reloaded

Fine’s McTaggart: Reloaded

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