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    It is not the case that An entity can ground substancehood in others without itself requiring the same grounding criteria, just as a foundation need not itself be founded.

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    • 1.If grounding is a real metaphysical relation, exempting foundations from its criteria seems arbitrary and undermines principled explanation.
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    • 2.The claim conflates logical priority with metaphysical privilege; explanatory asymmetry doesn't justify different grounding standards.
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    • 3.Brute facts admitted here are indistinguishable from denying the principle itself, making the special exemption philosophically hollow.
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    • 1.Grounding relations can be asymmetrical: a base need not satisfy conditions it imposes on what it grounds, like axioms in mathematics.
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    • 2.Self-grounding leads to infinite regress or circularity; some entities must be foundational to avoid explanatory collapse.
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    • 3.Functional roles differ: a foundation's role is to support others, not to be supported, so grounding criteria need not apply equally.
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