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[from 'Truthmakers' by Fraser MacBride, in 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding ]

Full Idea

The concept of 'grounding' appears to cry out for treatment as a family resemblance concept, a concept whose instances have no more in common than different games do.

Gist of Idea

Different types of 'grounding' seem to have no more than a family resemblance relation

Source

Fraser MacBride (Truthmakers [2013], 1.6)

Book Reference

'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.10


A Reaction

I like the word 'determinations', though MacBride's point my also apply to that. I take causation to be one species of determination, and truth-making to be another. They form a real family, with no adoptees.