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Single Idea 17268

[from 'Grounding: an opinionated introduction' by Correia,F/Schnieder,B, in 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation ]

Full Idea

To us it seems advisable to separate the objective notion of grounding, which belongs to the field of metaphysics, from the epistemically loaded notion of explanation.

Gist of Idea

Grounding is metaphysical and explanation epistemic, so keep them apart

Source

Correia,F/Schnieder,B (Grounding: an opinionated introduction [2012], 4.2)

Book Reference

'Metaphysical Grounding', ed/tr. Correia,F/Schnieder,B [CUP 2012], p.24


A Reaction

Paul Audi is the defender of the opposite view. I'm with Audi. The 'epistemically loaded' pragmatic aspect is just contextual - that we have different interests in different aspects of the grounding on different occasions.