Varieties of Dependence
Ontological Dependence, Grounding, Supervenience, Response-Dependence
1st Edition
Published on 17. July 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
431 pages
978-3-88405-105-4 (ISBN)
Description
The world we live in is a rich and varied place. It contains such diverse things as elementary particles and magnetic fields, mass demonstrations and the French nation, Socrates paleness, his unit set and the primary colours. But, arguably, these items are not all on a par. Rather, the world around us exhibits significant structure: some features are more fundamental than others, some phenomena depend on other phenomena, and certain things exist only because others do.
This collection focusses on four notions that have been used to formulate such metaphysical claims about the structure of the world: ontological dependence, grounding, supervenience, and response dependence. For each of these notions, it includes state of the art survey papers introducing the reader to the relevant issues, concepts and distinctions as well as original research papers by leading researchers in their fields. The collection thus aims both at the novice reader interested in this exciting and quickly developing part of metaphysics as well as the expert looking for original contributions that advance the state of debate.
This collection focusses on four notions that have been used to formulate such metaphysical claims about the structure of the world: ontological dependence, grounding, supervenience, and response dependence. For each of these notions, it includes state of the art survey papers introducing the reader to the relevant issues, concepts and distinctions as well as original research papers by leading researchers in their fields. The collection thus aims both at the novice reader interested in this exciting and quickly developing part of metaphysics as well as the expert looking for original contributions that advance the state of debate.
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Contents PAGE
Introduction
Miguel Hoeltje....................09
Part 1: Surveys
Ontological Dependence: An Opinionated Survey
Kathrin Koslicki.................. 31
Substance and Independence in Aristotle
Phil Corkum................. ....65
An Introduction to Grounding
Kelly Trogdon....................97
Supervenience: A Survey
Alex Steinberg..................123
Different Notions of Response-Dependence
Jussi Haukioja...................167
Part II: Research Papers
Some Varieties of Metaphysical Dependence
E.J. Lowe.....................193
Explanation and Fundamentality
C.S.I. Jenkins...................211
No Free Lunch.
Louis de Rosset..................243
Metaphysical Grounds and Essence
Fabrice Correia..................271
The Dependence of Truth on Being:
Is There a Problem for Minimalism?
Stefano Caputo................. 297
Supervenience Among Classes of Relations
Stephan Leuenberger.............. 325
Multiple-Domain Supervenience
for Non-Classical Mereologies
Ralf M. Bader.................. 347
Response-Dependence and.
Conditional Fallacy Problems
Eline Busck Gundersen............. 369
Rigid vs. Flexible Response-Dependent Properties
Don López de Sa ................393
Name Index...................419
Subject Index..................423
List of Contributors...............429
Introduction
Miguel Hoeltje....................09
Part 1: Surveys
Ontological Dependence: An Opinionated Survey
Kathrin Koslicki.................. 31
Substance and Independence in Aristotle
Phil Corkum................. ....65
An Introduction to Grounding
Kelly Trogdon....................97
Supervenience: A Survey
Alex Steinberg..................123
Different Notions of Response-Dependence
Jussi Haukioja...................167
Part II: Research Papers
Some Varieties of Metaphysical Dependence
E.J. Lowe.....................193
Explanation and Fundamentality
C.S.I. Jenkins...................211
No Free Lunch.
Louis de Rosset..................243
Metaphysical Grounds and Essence
Fabrice Correia..................271
The Dependence of Truth on Being:
Is There a Problem for Minimalism?
Stefano Caputo................. 297
Supervenience Among Classes of Relations
Stephan Leuenberger.............. 325
Multiple-Domain Supervenience
for Non-Classical Mereologies
Ralf M. Bader.................. 347
Response-Dependence and.
Conditional Fallacy Problems
Eline Busck Gundersen............. 369
Rigid vs. Flexible Response-Dependent Properties
Don López de Sa ................393
Name Index...................419
Subject Index..................423
List of Contributors...............429