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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162998103321

Autore

Roski Stefan

Titolo

Bolzano's conception of grounding / / Stefan Roski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt am Main, [Germany] : , : Vittorio Klostermann, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-465-13971-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in Theoretical Philosophy, , 2199-5214 ; ; Volume 5

Disciplina

199.437

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.