Grounding, Fundamentality and Ultimate Explanations / Ricki Bliss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bliss, Ricki, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in metaphysics 2633-9862.

Elements in Metaphysics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Explanation.

Grounding (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"There is a long lineage of philosophers concerned with coming to understand what explains everything broadly construed, or within a certain, restricted domain. We call such explanations ultimate explanations. Contemporarily, philosophers of a certain stripe have devoted much attention to the notion of fundamentality - that there is something which is without explanation. This Element explores some of the connections between fundamentality and ultimate explanations both contemporarily and historically." --From publisher's description

Contents:

Groundwork : grounding and fundamentality

Ultimate explanations : an idea and its history

The metaphysics of fundamentality

The epistemology of fundamentality : regresses, virtues and other desiderata

Fundamentality : some misgivings and its alternatives

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009115872

1009115871

9781009115674

1009115677

9781009089739

1009089730