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Korman, Daniel Z. Korman, Daniel Z. McCarthy, Timothy G. Arana, Andrew P. Livengood, Jonathan M. Hendricksen, Christopher 2014-05-30T17:05:31Z 2014-05-30T17:05:31Z 2016-09-22T20:59:22Z 2014-05 2014-05-30T17:05:31Z 2014-05 This dissertation is an analysis of the grounding relation and its use in contemporary metaphysics. In the first three chapters, I consider the relation itself and its formal features. In the first chapter, I argue that there is such a grounding relation and that it is distinct from other relations. Having defended the grounding relation from skeptics, I turn to a discussion of the various features of the relation, starting with its candidate relata. In the second chapter, I analyze the nature and formal features of the grounding relation. In the third, I argue that there is a fundamental level consisting of entities which are ungrounded, and I discuss various proposals about what exists at that fundamental level. The last two chapters focus on the role that grounding can play in contemporary metaphysics. In the fourth chapter, I consider claims that certain relations, including the grounding relation, can yield an ontological free lunch. I examine what it might mean to get such a free lunch, and argue that there is no such thing. Finally, in the fifth chapter, I consider the grounding problem from material object metaphysics. The use of the grounding relation in this debate illustrates how the grounding relation can be used in metaphysics generally, and in the later part of the fifth chapter, I examine that role that the grounding relation can play. Item withdrawn by Laura Spradlin (lspradl2@illinois.edu) on 2014-04-24T21:23:46Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Hendricksen_Christopher.pdf: 1158852 bytes, checksum: e9d4d4daec7738dd165fc8fee59e126c (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-30T17:05:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Christopher_Hendricksen.pdf: 1158852 bytes, checksum: e9d4d4daec7738dd165fc8fee59e126c (MD5) license.txt: 4073 bytes, checksum: 08a06887656ef37d35b009f4672b40dd (MD5) Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Seth Robbins (robbins.sd@gmail.com) on 2014-05-30T17:09:40Z Item is restricted until 2016-05-30T17:09:03Z Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:38:49-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: 2016-05-30 12:09:03 UTC Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 49752 on 2016-09-22T20:59:22Z. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/49701 en Copyright 2014 Christopher Hendricksen Philosophy Metaphysics Grounding An analysis of the grounding relation text Philosophy 1715 Philosophy 0332 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D. PHD:Philosophy -UIUC 10KS0332PHD