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    It is not the case that The separatist about grounding explanation does not necessarily incur a new explanatory debt beyond what separatists about causal explanation already face.

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    • 1.Causal explanation's link to causation is grounded in counterfactual and nomological structure that has independent empirical confirmation.
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    • 2.Grounding explanation lacks any analogous independently confirmed metaphysical structure, making the explanatory debt for grounding separatists structurally heavier.
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    • 3.Without such independent confirmation, the separatist about grounding cannot appeal to parity with causal explanation to discharge the debt.
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    • 1.Fine and Rosen argue that grounding is a primitive, unanalyzable relation, leaving grounding explanation without even a candidate account of the linking mechanism.
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    • 2.Causal separatists like Railton have articulated substantive accounts of the causal-mechanical structure that makes causal explanations truth-apt, providing a discharge strategy unavailable to grounding separatists.
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    • 1.Separatists about causal explanation must explain how causation and causal explanation are linked despite being distinct.
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    • 2.Separatists about grounding explanation face an analogous challenge regarding grounding and grounding explanation.
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