Metaphysical grounding

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2021)
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General discussion of grounding, including its formal features, relations to other notions, and applications. (Originally published 2014; revised 2021)

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Guide to Ground.Kit Fine - 2012 - In Fabrice Correia & Benjamin Schnieder (eds.), Metaphysical Grounding. Cambridge University Press. pp. 37--80.
No Work for a Theory of Grounding.Jessica Wilson - 2014 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 57 (5-6):535-579.

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