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[from 'Grounding: an opinionated introduction' by Correia,F/Schnieder,B, in 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts ]

Full Idea

There is a disagreement on the issue of factual identity, concerning the 'granularity' of facts, the question of how fine-grained they are.

Gist of Idea

The identity of two facts may depend on how 'fine-grained' we think facts are

Source

Correia,F/Schnieder,B (Grounding: an opinionated introduction [2012], 3.3)

Book Reference

'Metaphysical Grounding', ed/tr. Correia,F/Schnieder,B [CUP 2012], p.15


A Reaction

If they are very fine-grained, then no two descriptions of a supposed fact will capture the same details. If we go broadbrush, facts become fuzzy and less helpful. 'Fact' was never going to be a clear term.