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'works', 'Ontological Dependence' and 'Guide to Ground'
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding
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2+2=4 is necessary if it is snowing, but not true in virtue of the fact that it is snowing [Fine,K]
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If you say one thing causes another, that leaves open that the 'other' has its own distinct reality [Fine,K]
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An immediate ground is the next lower level, which gives the concept of a hierarchy [Fine,K]
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'Strict' ground moves down the explanations, but 'weak' ground can move sideways [Fine,K]
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We learn grounding from what is grounded, not what does the grounding [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / b. Relata of grounding
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If grounding is a relation it must be between entities of the same type, preferably between facts [Fine,K]
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Ground is best understood as a sentence operator, rather than a relation between predicates [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation
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Only metaphysical grounding must be explained by essence [Fine,K]
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Philosophical explanation is largely by ground (just as cause is used in science) [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / d. Grounding and reduction
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We can only explain how a reduction is possible if we accept the concept of ground [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence
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There is 'weak' dependence in one definition, and 'strong' dependence in all the definitions [Fine,K]
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A natural modal account of dependence says x depends on y if y must exist when x does [Fine,K]
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An object depends on another if the second cannot be eliminated from the first's definition [Fine,K]
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Dependency is the real counterpart of one term defining another [Fine,K]
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