Metaphysical Dependence, East and West

Bliss, Ricki; Priest, Graham

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“…Some religious doctrines involve symmetric grounding. This includes some interpretations of the Buddhist doctrine of interdependence, as represented by, for example, the metaphor of the Net of Indra (Bliss and Priest 2018). Similarly, the Christian doctrine of the Trinity can be interpreted in terms according to which the persons of the Trinity stand in symmetric grounding relations to one another (Cotnoir 2017).…”

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Conditional Probabilities and Symmetric Grounding

Brenner

2022

Philos. sci.

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I present new counterexamples to the asymmetry of grounding: we have prima facie reason to think that some conditional probabilities partially ground their inverse conditional probabilities, and vice versa. These new counterexamples may require that we reject the asymmetry of grounding, or alternatively may require that we reject one or more of the assumptions (regarding, e.g., the correct interpretation of probability) which enable the counterexamples. Either way, by reflecting on these purported counterexamples to grounding asymmetry we learn something important, either about the formal properties of grounding, or about the nature of probability (or both).

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Conditional Probabilities and Symmetric Grounding

Brenner

2022

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“…Organon F 30 (2) 2023: 182-220 of the dependence relation(s). Ricki Bliss and Graham Priest (2018) proposed a taxonomy of these theories on the basis of their acceptance or rejection of four theses. If we read 'xDy' as "x ontologically depends on y", then these four theses are the following: antireflexivity ∀x (¬(xDx)), antisymmetry ∀x,y (xDy→¬(yDx)), transitivity ∀x,y,z ((xDy∧yDz)→xDz), and extendability ∀x∃y (x≠y∧xDy).…”

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What Is Real?

Brons¹

2023

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Two of the most fundamental distinctions in metaphysics are (1) that between reality (or things in themselves) and appearances, the R/A distinction, and (2) that between entities that are fundamental (or real, etcetera) and entities that are ontologically or existentially dependent, the F/D distinction. While these appear to be two very different distinctions, in Buddhist metaphysics they are combined, raising questions about how they are related. In this paper I argue that plausible versions of the R/A distinction are essentially a special kind of F/D distinction, and conversely, that many F/D distinctions imply an R/A distinction. Nevertheless, while this does suggest that the F/D distinction is more basic than the R/A distinction, it does not favor a particular understanding of the F/D distinction. There are many kinds of existential or ontological dependence that cannot be meaningfully combined into a single notion, and reality does not force us to accept any specific kind of dependence as more fundamental. Consequently, what we consider to be 'real', 'fundamental', or 'really existing' is not entirely given by reality, but partially up to us.

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Some Work for a Theory of Grounding?

Bliss

2024

Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action

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Metaphysical Dependence, East and West

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

Conditional Probabilities and Symmetric Grounding

Conditional Probabilities and Symmetric Grounding

What Is Real?

Some Work for a Theory of Grounding?

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