Publications [#367527] of Kevin A Richardson

Papers Published

1. Richardson, K. "Grounding is necessary and contingent." Inquiry United Kingdom 64:4 (January, 2021): 453-480. [doi]

   Abstract:
   Grounding is necessary just in case: if P grounds Q, then necessarily: if P, then Q. Many accept this principle. Others propose counterexamples. Instead of straightforwardly arguing for, or against, necessity, I explain the sense in which grounding is necessary and contingent. I argue that there are two kinds of grounding: what-grounding (which tells us what it is for things to be the case) and why-grounding (which tells us why things are the case), where the former kind is necessary while the latter is contingent.