Single Idea 17326

[catalogued under 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / b. Relata of grounding]

Full Idea

The dependence of {Socrates} on Socrates appears to involve a set and a philosopher, neither of which is a fact.

Gist of Idea

The dependence of {Socrates} on Socrates involves a set and a philosopher, not facts

Source

David Liggins (Truth-makers and dependence [2012], 10.6)

Book Reference

'Metaphysical Grounding', ed/tr. Correia,F/Schnieder,B [CUP 2012], p.266


A Reaction

He points out that defenders of facts as the basis of dependence could find a suitable factual paraphrase here. Socrates is just Socrates, but the singleton has to be understood in a particular way to generate the dependence.