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[filed under theme 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation ]

Full Idea

It may be that the two forms of grounding have a different source; the one from the bottom up is required for the constitution of the thing to be intelligible; the one from the top down is required for the essence of the thing to be intelligible.

Gist of Idea

Maybe bottom-up grounding shows constitution, and top-down grounding shows essence

Source

Kit Fine (Aristotle on Matter [1992], 2)

Book Ref

-: 'Mind' [-], p.43


A Reaction

[He cites Aristotle Met. 1019a8-10 in support] Close reading of Fine would be needed to elucidate this properly, but it is a suggestive line of thought about how we should approach grounding.