2017/01/13 by Alastair Wilson · 6 citations
Psychology · Arts and Humanities · #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Philosophy and History of Science
paper · doi:10.1111/nous.12190
Abstract There is a systematic and suggestive analogy between grounding and causation. In my view, this analogy is no coincidence. Grounding and causation are alike because grounding is a type of causation: metaphysical causation. In this paper I defend the identification of grounding with metaphysical causation, drawing on the causation literature to explore systematic connections between grounding and metaphysical dependence counterfactuals, and I outline a non‐reductive counterfactual theory of grounding along interventionist lines.