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S13: Philosophy of Science 2 Location: 23.21 U1.73 Session Chair: Tom Sterkenburg | |
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1:30pm - 2:15pm
Revisiting the Analogy Between Grounding and Causation Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, The Grounding is often regarded as a kind of metaphysical causation (Wilson 2018). Some even consider causation as a particular grounding (or building) relation (Bennett 2017). However, although there are strong similarities in content, structure, and form, the analogy is not uncontroversial given some notable differences (Bernstein 2016). In this talk, I argue for a restricted analogy that does justice to both the striking similarities and the key differences. Specifically, I argue that the analogy holds only between causation and particular grounding relations, namely those that connect events on different levels of nature (or facts about such events). I show that this refined analogy overcomes in particular the problems of missing grounding analogs for productive, negative, and probabilistic causation. | |

