Ditching determination and dependence: or, how to wear the crazy trousersa

Duncan, Michael; Miller, Kristie; Norton, James

doi:10.1007/s11229-018-02023-6

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“…23 I borrow the expression 'flatlander' from Bennett (2011Bennett ( , 2017. Duncan, Miller and Norton (2021) are flatlanders who seem happy to equate their view with q-nihilism. 24 Both and I (Kovacs 2017) appeal to explication when formulating our preferred versions of grounding skepticism.…”

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Varieties of Grounding Skepticism

Kovacs¹

2023

The Monist

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Skepticism about grounding is the view that ground-theoretic concepts shouldn’t be used in metaphysical theorizing. Possible reasons for adopting this attitude are numerous: perhaps grounding is unintelligible; or perhaps it’s never instantiated; or perhaps it’s just too heterogeneous to be theoretically useful. Unfortunately, as currently pursued the debate between grounding enthusiasts and skeptics is insufficiently structured. This paper’s purpose is to impose a measure of conceptual rigor on the debate by offering an opinionated taxonomy of views with a reasonable claim to being “skeptical.” I argue that carving up logical space into pro- and anti-grounding views isn’t especially helpful; rather, we should recognize various degrees of ground-theoretic involvement depending on how inflationary our understanding of the theoretical term ‘ground’ is.

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