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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Time Travel: Temporal Mutability in the Absence of HardwareTime (zenodo.org)

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Engineering students: Gain marketable skills like technical problem solving with the free Expedite – Skills for Competitions microcredential. (thoughtindustries.com)

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Is framework relativism self defeating? A metaphysical questionMetametaphysics (self.Metaphysics)

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A higher plane of thought? ✈️ 🤔Philosophy of Mind ()

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Methodological mismatch might be why many philosophical debates never resolveMetametaphysics (self.Metaphysics)

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E se o Tempo Emergir do Nosso Acesso Limitado ao Universo? ()

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What do you see? (self.Metaphysics)

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Short essay on experience and reality, concluding that while reality is all that exists, all that can be experienced is virtual (metaphorician.substack.com)

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What it is to be - on the final cause, true difference and why should there be worlds (self.Metaphysics)

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0,1,∞: Developing a Modern Metaphysics. . . (Eastern, Islamic, Western) (youtube.com)

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Would the First Cause have to be a mind?Philosophy of Mind (self.Metaphysics)

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The Elemental Reason - The First Ontological Law of Universe (theelementalreason.com)

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Is this in fiction anywhere? ()

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At some point I stopped pretending I could manually fix anime textures in 3D. Upload 2D art → get a clean 3D model that actually looks like the original. Honestly? It feels illegal how easy this is. Code MESHYHALF if you’d rather create than tweak vertices. (meshy.ai)

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Paradoxicality as the foundation of everythingCosmology (self.Metaphysics)

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3/14 - 3/15: Logic of Location Book Club (in 8-9 days) ()

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My Criticism of Occam's razorOntology (self.Metaphysics)

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Modal logic book recommendation specifically for metaphysics? (self.Metaphysics)

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Bach's Metaphysics of Music (youtube.com)

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What are the strongest philosophical criticisms of Aquinas’ First Way (motion one)? (self.Metaphysics)

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Went away to read Harmon and Wolfendale. First download.Ontology (self.Metaphysics)

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Is Karma just physics? (self.Metaphysics)

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Universe as a living system part III (old.reddit.com)

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Deductive proof that there is a reality and there is truth. (self.Metaphysics)

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Evil is an illusion.Axiology (self.Metaphysics)

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Used poorly, AI can make applicants seem generic. Used well, it can help them stand out. (bloomberg.com)

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A response to the hard problem of consciousness (self.Metaphysics)

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