{"product_id":"empty-base-explanation-9783111069241","title":"Empty-Base Explanation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book develops and applies a novel kind of explanation: \u003cem\u003eEmpty-Base Explanation\u003c\/em\u003e. While ordinary explanations have a tripartite structure involving an explanandum, a base of reasons why the explanandum obtains, and a link that connects the reasons to the explanandum, this book argues that there are explanations whose corresponding set of reasons is empty. This novel idea is located in the theoretical background of several fundamental philosophical issues. For example, it provides a convincing kind of ultimate or final explanation that completely and conclusively explains a phenomenon without involving other phenomena for which further explanations could be demanded. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe possibility and fruitfulness of empty-base explanation is defended by general considerations from the theory of explanation, as well as concrete applications to \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe practice of explanation by status, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe explanation of logical theorems, causal connections, and laws of nature, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eself-explanation, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe use of IBE in metaphysics, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe notion of zero-ground (which it provides with a solid theoretical footing), and \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eultimate explanation and its application to philosophical cosmology, the debate about the PSR, and the question of why there is anything at all. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor this book, Yannic Kappes has received the 2022 De Gruyter Prize for\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOntology\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand Metaphysics from the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP).\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516693864791,"sku":"9783111069241","price":103.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/empty-base-explanation-9783111069241","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}