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Ideas for 'Reportatio', 'Potentiality' and 'Significance of the Kripkean Nec A Posteriori'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / b. Relata of grounding

19015	Grounding can be between objects ('relational'), or between sentences ('operational') [Vetter]
	Full Idea: 'Relational' grounding is between entities, best expressed by the two-place predicate 'x grounds y'. 'Operational' grounding is between sentences, best expressed by the two-place sentence operator read as 'because of' or 'in virtue of'.
	From: Barbara Vetter (Potentiality [2015], 1.6)

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience

19012	The Humean supervenience base entirely excludes modality [Vetter]
	Full Idea: Humean supervenience excludes modality - the whole modal package - from the supervenience base. The Humean world is, at root, thoroughly non-modal.
	From: Barbara Vetter (Potentiality [2015], 1.2)
	A reaction: This sums up my problem with David Lewis with perfect clarity. He is just excessively empirical. Hume himself also excluded modality from the basic impressions. Locke allows powerful essences (even if they are well hidden).