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Grounding objectivity

Grounding objectivity
Grounding objectivity
This paper articulates a grounding-based criterion for distinguishing between the objective and the subjective in response to some arguments made by Jessica Leech in Thinking of Necessity (2023). It claims that this criterion fares better than Leech's own proposal in that it is likely to be more widely acceptable, and is also able to do the philosophical work that Leech requires.

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Thompson, Naomi
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Thompson, Naomi
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Thompson, Naomi (2025) Grounding objectivity. Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, 69 (4), 1462-1477. (doi:10.1080/0020174X.2025.2598563).

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This paper articulates a grounding-based criterion for distinguishing between the objective and the subjective in response to some arguments made by Jessica Leech in Thinking of Necessity (2023). It claims that this criterion fares better than Leech's own proposal in that it is likely to be more widely acceptable, and is also able to do the philosophical work that Leech requires.

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Accepted/In Press date: 29 November 2025
e-pub ahead of print date: 8 December 2025

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Local EPrints ID: 512022
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/512022
PURE UUID: 4306c11c-cdb2-4c62-8478-69a49d6fd7e6
ORCID for Naomi Thompson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8605-6731

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Date deposited: 12 Jun 2026 16:31
Last modified: 12 Jun 2026 16:32

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