The Logic of Ground – Logic and Metaphysics Workshop

Adam Lovett, NYU

Abstract: In this talk I present a new logic of ground. By this, I mean a theory of what grounds what. My logic is an extension of Kit Fine’s (2012) logic. It has five main advantages over Fine’s logic. First, it is stronger. Second, it generates more intuitively valid principles. Third, it is  theoretically fruitful. Fourth, it is ideologically parsimonious. Fifth, it solves Fine’s puzzles of ground. These constitute a compelling abductive case for adopting my logic over Fine’s. More generally, this constitutes a good case for adopting my logic as one’s logic of ground.

Logic and Metaphysics Workshop Fall 2017:

September 11 Lovett, NYU

September 18 Skiles, NYU

September 25 Jago, Nottingham

October 2 Greenstein, Private Scholar

October 9 GC Closed. No meeting

October 16 Ripley UConn

October 23 Mares, Wellington

October 30 Woods, Bristol

November 6 Hamkins, GC

November 13 Silva, Alagoas

November 20 Yi, Toronto

November 27 Malink, NYU

December 4 Kivatinos, GC