Causal chains derive their explanatory power from terminating in something self-explanatory or necessary. Without such grounding, the chain explains nothing about why the series exists.
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The capacity of a defining feature to explain why instances of the thing defined have that property (e.g., why reverent people or actions are reverent).
grounding(Drawn from contemporary metaphysics; proposed as potentially applicable to understanding the foundations of legality.)
A metaphysical relation in which some entities or facts are more foundational than others, providing a hierarchical structure of the world.