 While the view that grounding is a strict-order is the prevailing view, what reasons might there be to think otherwise? (As Bliss &amp; Priest [2018b] note, there are various possible combinations of formal properties that we may wish to ultimately consider.) Let’s begin with transitivity. Consider the following case, adapted from one that Schaffer (2012) proposes. Suppose that the following claims are true, where g is a metal globe: