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Book SynopsisThis volume presents translations of key writings by the great 19th-century philosopher Bernard Bolzano, on what is now called grounding, a notion of prime importance in metaphysics and philosophy of explanation. These writings, some of them translated for the first time, are accompanied by new essays on this area of Bolzano's work.
Trade ReviewThis substantial volume is intended to increase the visibility of Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848), an underappreciated 19th-century Bohemian philosopher, theologian, and mathematician...The collection focuses on Bolzano's account of grounding, a metaphysical notion that links ontology, truth, causation, explanation, and inference. * Choice *
Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1: Preamble 2: A survey of Bolzano's theory of grounding 3: On the contents of this volume Part II: Bolzano's writings on grounding (in English translations) 4: Early period: scientific method and the foundations of mathematics 5: Middle period: theology and metaphysics 6: Mature period: A theory of grounding Part III: Research papers on Bolzano's theory 7: Marko Malink: Aristotle and Bolzano on grounding 8: Kevin Mulligan: Logic, logical norms, and normative grounding 9: Kit Fine: Some remarks on Bolzano on ground 10: Mark Textor: Grounding, simplicity, and repetition 11: Francesca Poggiolesi: Bolzano, the (appropriate) relevant logic and grounding rules for implication 12: Edgar Morscher: The grounds of moral "truths'' 13: Paul Rusnock: Grounding in practice: Bolzano's Purely Analytic Proof in the light of the Contributions 14: Marc Lange: Bolzano, the parallelogram of forces, and scientific explanation 15: Benjamin Schnieder: A fundamental being-Bolzano's cosmological argument and its Leibnizian roots
