Not all truths are on a par. The realm of truths is structured: some propositions are only true because others are. The relation that endows the realm of truths with this structure is often called grounding. Grounding has achieved much attention in 21st century metaphysics, but the topic is arguably as old as philosophy itself. This becomes apparent when investigating the works of the 19th-century philosopher Bernard Bolzano, who developed what is perhaps the first comprehensive theory of grounding, drawing on a rich tradition that goes back to Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics. Roski’s book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive study of Bolzano’s theory of grounding in its entirety, paying more attention than previous studies to the interaction between grounding and the consequence-relation of deducibility.
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Edition
1/2017
Copyright Year
2017
ISBN-Print
978-3-465-03971-6
ISBN-Online
978-3-465-13971-3
Publisher
Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main
Series
Studies in Theoretical Philosophy
Language
English
Pages
270
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - VIII
Preface No access Pages IX - X
1.1 Priority among truths No access
1.2 Grounding, following from, and axiomatic science No access
1.3 Grounding - the general idea No access
1.4 Principles of interpretation No access
1.5 What I will not do in this book No access
1.6 Overview of the book No access
2.1 Introduction No access
2.2 The basic framework of the WL No access
2.3 The logic of variation No access
2.4 Conclusion No access
3.1 Introduction No access
3.2 Preliminaries No access
3.3 Some basic distinctions No access
3.4 Immediate grounding No access
3.5 A more concise reconstruction No access
3.6 Mediate grounding No access
4.1 Introduction No access
4.2 Conceptuality, complexity and the existence of fundamental truths No access
4.3 Economy Principles No access
4.4 The Generality Constraint: WL, § 221.6 No access
4.5 Jointly sufficient conditions for grounding: WL, § 221.7 No access
4.6 Bolzano´s tentative definition of grounding: WL, § 221.note No access
4.7 Fundamental truths revisited No access
4.8 Conclusion No access
5.1 General ideas and a crucial difference No access
5.2 The pure logic of metaphysical grounding No access
5.3 The impure logic No access
5.4 Conclusion No access
6. Conclusion No access Pages 233 - 238
A. Immediate predecessor No access Pages 239 - 240
B. Bolzano´s impure logic of grounding and Fine´s truth-maker semantics No access Pages 241 - 250
List of abbreviations No access Pages 251 - 252
List of symbols, definitions, and principles No access Pages 253 - 256
Bibliography No access Pages 257 - 266
Index No access Pages 267 - 270
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