Metaphysics

Overview

Investigate the fundamental nature of reality, existence, and being.

Ontology

Being and Existence

Add content about what exists, categories of being, and existence questions

Universals and Particulars

Add content about problem of universals, realism vs nominalism

Abstract Objects

Add content about numbers, properties, and existence of abstractions

Mind and Body

Mind-Body Problem

Add content about dualism, physicalism, and consciousness

Personal Identity

Add content about continuity of self, memory, and what makes you "you"

Free Will

Add content about determinism, compatibilism, and human agency

Time and Space

Nature of Time

Add content about presentism, eternalism, and time's flow

Space and Reality

Add content about spatial properties, relationism vs absolutism

Causation

Causal Relations

Add content about causation theories, Hume, and necessary connections

Laws of Nature

Add content about natural laws, regularities, and scientific explanation

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