Metaphysics
Dependence is said in many ways.
I defend grounding pluralism, the view that there are multiple kinds of grounding. I posit three kinds: why-grounding (which tells us why things are the case), how-grounding (which tells us how things are the case), and what-grounding (which tells us what it is for something to be the case).
- Donating to charity is right because it promotes happiness.
- It’s true that people exist or unicorns exist because it’s true that people exist.
- The ball is colored in virtue of being red.
I defend grounding pluralism, the view that there are multiple kinds of grounding. I posit three kinds: why-grounding (which tells us why things are the case), how-grounding (which tells us how things are the case), and what-grounding (which tells us what it is for something to be the case).
Language
There are two kinds of questions you might have about meaning.
In contrast, I defend a ground-theoretic approach to semantics; I argue (a) that it is important to distinguish between these two questions and (b) that the second question is primary.
- What is the meaning of X?
- What grounds the meaning of X?
In contrast, I defend a ground-theoretic approach to semantics; I argue (a) that it is important to distinguish between these two questions and (b) that the second question is primary.
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