Abstract There has been an explosion of interest in the metaphysics fundamentality recent decades. The consensus view, called metaphysical foundationalism, maintains that there is something absolutely fundamental reality upon which everything else depends. However, a number thinkers have challenged arguments favor foundationalism and proposed competing non-foundationalist ontologies. This paper...

According to the deductive-nomological account of ground, a fact A grounds another B in case laws metaphysics determine existence on basis A. Accounts grounding this particular variety have already been developed literature. My aim paper is sketch new version account. preferred offers two main improvements over existing accounts. First, present able deal with necessitarian as well non-necessita...