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O fundamentach dla metafizycznego fundowania
On the Grounds for Metaphysical Grounding

Author(s): Karol Lenart
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: grounding; essence; ground; relation; facts; superinternality; regress

Summary/Abstract: In this article I defend a meta-grounding thesis according to which facts that express metaphysical grounding are grounded (are not fundamental). First, I claim that it is justified to accept the meta-grounding thesis. In the next step I discuss two theories that explain how metaphysical grounding is grounded: a theory that involves a notion of superinternal relation and a theory that uses a notion of essences of facts. I argue that later theory is preferable over the former one.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 5-24
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish