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Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
1 739 kr
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This book develops and applies a novel kind of explanation: Empty-Base Explanation. While ordinary explanations have a tripartite structure involving an explanandum, a base of reasons why the explanandum obtains, and a link that connects the reasons to the explanandum, this book argues that there are explanations whose corresponding set of reasons is empty. This novel idea is located in the theoretical background of several fundamental philosophical issues. For example, it provides a convincing kind of ultimate or final explanation that completely and conclusively explains a phenomenon without involving other phenomena for which further explanations could be demanded. The possibility and fruitfulness of empty-base explanation is defended by general considerations from the theory of explanation, as well as concrete applications to the practice of explanation by status, the explanation of logical theorems, causal connections, and laws of nature, self-explanation, the use of IBE in metaphysics, the notion of zero-ground (which it provides with a solid theoretical footing), and ultimate explanation and its application to philosophical cosmology, the debate about the PSR, and the question of why there is anything at all. For this book, Yannic Kappes has received the 2022 De Gruyter Prize for Ontology and Metaphysics from the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP).
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
2 737 kr
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Questions about reality—such as “What is real?” or “What does it mean to be real?”—rank among philosophy’s oldest and most enduring. Though central to philosophical inquiry for centuries, such questions were somewhat sidelined in the 20th century, as influential movements like the Vienna Circle and Ordinary Language Philosophy approached them with skepticism.Over the past two decades, however, questions about reality have returned to the spotlight. This renewed interest is fueled by several developments: frameworks such as possible worlds semantics and the formal theory of grounding now bring fresh logical and methodological precision to age-old metaphysical concerns. Additionally, recent debates have shown that traditional reflections on reality resonate with socially relevant issues and with novel phenomena emerging from the digital age. Finally, some argue that skepticism toward questions of reality often reflects deeper meta-philosophical commitments that warrant reconsideration.This volume brings together a wide range of perspectives on today’s metaphysical debates about reality, addressing both foundational questions and timely, applied concerns.