Should we understand grounding relations as logical relations or as causal relations? Supervenience is a logical relation, for example, but I don't know what to say about grounding.
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1Can you give a reference claiming 'Supervenience is a logical relation' not causal?– Double KnotSep 20 at 22:07
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1None of the above. Supervenience is not a logical relation either. SEP, Metaphysical Grounding:"It isn’t an identity claim... It isn’t a causal claim either, at least if by causation we mean what we normally mean when we use the term... Finally, the claim isn’t purely modal in character either... grounding is understood to be a form of constitutive (as opposed to causal or probabilistic) determination or explanation." It is often a metaphysical relation, just like supervenience.– ConifoldSep 20 at 22:31
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