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The electrical utility industry relies on safety procedures and equipment to protect linepersons from the hazards associated with high voltages. The current standards and test methods for protective jumper assemblies are disjointed and largely implemented in an ad hoc fashion. T…

Everything that exists has an explanation of its existence. Philosophers have used this principle in arguments for the existence of something ontologically fundamental, an ultimate ground of being, such as God. But if everything has an explanation of its existence, so, too, does…

The phrase ‘in virtue of’ is a mainstay of metaphysical discourse. In recent years, many philosophers have argued that we should understand this phrase, as metaphysicians use it, in terms of a concept of metaphysical dependence called ‘grounding’.This dissertation explores a ran…