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Truth, Grounding & Dependence

Författare

Summary, in English

The subjects of this thesis are (as indicated by the title) truth, grounding and dependence. The thesis consists of an introduction and five free-standing essays. The purpose of the introduction is not merely to summarize the papers, but to provide a general background to the discussions in the essays. The introduction is divided into four chapters, each of which splits into a number of sections and/or subsections. Chapter 1. concerns the notion of ontological dependence. I start by making a distinction between two different types of ontological dependence and discuss how well these notions deal with a number of philosophical issues. I then go on to consider the role that ontological dependence plays in hierarchies of natural kinds. In Chapter 2., I discuss a related notion, namely that of grounding. I sketch the theoretical framework by specifying the logical form of grounding statements and a set of structural principles that govern grounding. The chapter ends with a brief discussion on some philosophical applications of grounding. Chapter 3. deals with the notion of truthmaking and how it squares with the grounding framework developed in the previous chapter. I present the reader with the so-called Truthmaker Principle, and provide answers to a number of questions that it raises. The fourth and final chapter summarizes the five papers.



The six essays are divided into three categories. Paper I deals with the notion of ontological dependence in hierarchies of natural kinds. Paper II concerns the notion of grounding and resemblance orderings among powers. Papers III, IV and V discuss various aspects of truthmaker theory.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2015

Språk

Engelska

Dokumenttyp

Doktorsavhandling

Förlag

Lund University

Ämne

  • Philosophy

Nyckelord

  • Truthmaking
  • Grounding
  • Ontological dependence
  • Propositions
  • Necessitarianism
  • Natural kinds.

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISBN: 978-91-87833-31-1

Försvarsdatum

28 maj 2015

Försvarstid

10:00

Försvarsplats

Sal B237, LUX, Helgonavägen 3, Lund

Opponent

  • Helen Beebee (Professor)