Explanation

In Michael J. Raven (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Metaphysical Grounding. London: pp. 121-132 (2020)
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I survey the philosophical literature on grounding explanation and its connection to metaphysical ground.

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Writing the Book of the World.Theodore Sider - 2011 - Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Depth: An Account of Scientific Explanation.Michael Strevens - 2008 - Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
The metaphysics within physics.Tim Maudlin - 2007 - New York: Oxford University Press.
No Work for a Theory of Grounding.Jessica M. Wilson - 2014 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 57 (5-6):535-579.

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