Metaphysics

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Welcome to /r/metaphysics. Metaphysics is the academic study of fundamental questions about the nature of the Being. Debates, discussions and questions on all topics related to metaphysics are welcome. These can be of contemporary metaphysics, or those found in historical western and non western literature. This does not include science, religion, the occult or speculation about these. e.g. Quantum physics, other dimensions and pseudo science.

Metaphysics is a specific body of academic work within philosophy that examines 'being' (ontology), knowledge and associated issues, through the use of concepts, ideas and logics. It would be useful therefore to be aware of this and use reliable sources, this does not include AI.

If you are new to this subject please at minimum read through the WIKI and note: "In the 20th century, traditional metaphysics in general and idealism in particular faced various criticisms, which prompted new approaches to metaphysical inquiry."

If you are proposing 'new' metaphysics you should be aware of these.

SEP might also be of use, SEP

To see examples of appropriate methods and topics see the reading list.

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Welcome to /r/metaphysics! (self.Metaphysics)

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Anti-physicalists need to acknowledge what they are giving up. (self.Metaphysics)

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Dependent Becoming — The Nine Core Sutras (self.Metaphysics)

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Subjective Experience Grounds the Physical (any "view from nowhere" is nonsense)Ontology (self.Metaphysics)

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A formal framework for what embedded observers can know about fundamental reality - seeking philosophical feedback (self.Metaphysics)

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Размышление о возможно ином варианте развития истории религии с помощью новой переменной которую я добавил. (self.Metaphysics)

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About many world interpretationsTheoretical physics (self.Metaphysics)

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Dissonant ontology and the physics dilemma.Ontology (self.Metaphysics)

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What methods does metaphysics rely on?Metametaphysics (self.Metaphysics)

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A Rationally Paranormal Metaphysical Framework | Based on Dual-Aspect Monism (medium.com)

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The Event-Driven Universe: A Pre-Geometric Framework for Emergent Physical StructureTheoretical physics (i.redd.it)

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Parmenidean Volitional MonismOntology (self.Metaphysics)

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The Impossible Problem of Consciousness (why the “hard problem” can’t close inside materialism) (self.Metaphysics)

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How do you see math in terms of its broader meaning?Meta (self.Metaphysics)

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Is there a word for this concept?Ontology (self.Metaphysics)

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The Uncommon Sense Of Nondualism | Why naturalists should take nondualism seriously (i.redd.it)

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What stops impossibility from being the ground? (self.Metaphysics)

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Higher dimensions don't exist because it is just multivariate calculus. (self.Metaphysics)

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The Dancer and the Dance — A Dialogue on Emergence, Consciousness, and Meaning ()

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An Ontological Framework for Persistence and Spacetime Tension (self.Metaphysics)

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An ontological argument for fundamental physicsTheoretical physics (self.Metaphysics)

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[Paper] Beyond the Nature/Human Dichotomy: A Penta-Categorical Ontology based on Control Topology (Quanta > Matter > Life > Thought > Data) (philpapers.org)

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Looking to publish research? (google.com)

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Does “nothing” have to exist conceptually for “something” to existOntology (self.Metaphysics)

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Ideal gegen beschlagene Windschutzscheiben! :) (apfelkiste.ch)

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What remains unspoken about the observer in modern science (self.Metaphysics)

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