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Representing Non-actual Targets?Philosophy of Science 89 (5): 918-927. 2022.
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Grounding and the Myth of Ontological InnocenceAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 99 (2): 303-318. 2021.According to the Ontological Innocence Thesis (OIT), grounded entities are ontologically innocent relative to their full grounds. I argue that OIT entails a contradiction, and therefore must be discarded. My argument turns on the notion of “groundmates,” two or more numerically distinct entities that share at least one of their full grounds. I argue that, if OIT is true, then it is both the case that there are groundmates and that there are no groundmates. Therefore, so I conclude, OIT is false.…Read more
University of Virginia
PhD, 2019
New York, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
General Philosophy of Science |
Metaphysics |
Epistemology |
Areas of Interest
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Scientific Models |
Analogy in Science |
Idealization |
Explanation |
Laws of Nature |
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