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Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the essence of things, of the fundamental nature of being and the world and the principles that organize the universe. Metaphysics is supposed to answer the question "What is the nature of reality?"
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Was logic invented or discovered?
There are already similar questions about math, numbers, and time:
Is mathematics invented or discovered?
Existence of numbers, were they invented or discovered?
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Do solipsism and the theory that the external world is real have equal explanatory value?
In this answer, I’ll restate the comparison made in this chat discussion:
Option 1: Physicalism
Brute Facts
Spacetime (and potentially several more dimensions)
Physical laws
Physical constants
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Couldn't a perfectly good God have created beings who are both free and without an inclinati... [duplicate]
If God is omnipotent, why couldn’t He create beings for whom there is likewise no possible world where they choose to sin? It seems that if God creates beings like Himself, those beings would also nev …
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Is mind-body dualism necessary for mathematical Platonism?
I'm asking whether mathematical Platonism can exist without mind-body dualism because Platonism posits that mathematical objects are abstract, non-physical entities that exist independently of human m …
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Are the laws of physics brute facts or metaphysical necessities?
In the context of the philosophy of physics and metaphysics, what status do the laws of physics hold? …
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Does Occam's Razor favor metaphysical solipsism?
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In metaphysics, Metaphysical solipsism is the variety of idealism which asserts that nothing exists externally to this one mind, and since this mind is the whole of reality then the "external …
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If a conclusion logically follows from premises that are true in the world, will the conclus...
If a set of premises is true in the world, and we rigorously apply logic to those premises to reach a conclusion, will that conclusion necessarily also be true of the world? If so, does this imply tha …
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Can objective epistemic probabilistic comparisons be established between metaphysical worldv...
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Examples of questions assuming or entertaining the application of probability theory to metaphysics:
What is the probability of solipsism?
Is naturalism a subset of theism as a worldview? …
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Can the same arguments used to reject metaphysical solipsism also support accepting the exis...
Why do most people reject metaphysical solipsism and instead accept the reality of an external world? There are two primary reasons:
The perception of having repeated conscious experiences of an exte …
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When choosing between competing metaphysical theories to determine which best explains the d...
To motivate this question, let’s consider some radically different metaphysical theories:
Theory 1: Physicalism, formalized through variations of the Standard Model and General Relativity, along with …
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Is the principle of physical causal closure falsifiable?
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Physical causal closure is a metaphysical theory about the nature of causation in the physical realm with significant ramifications in the study of metaphysics and the mind. …
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Is the non-physical amenable to research and investigation?
A brief attempt to answer my own question, primarily building on Lowri's answer.
Case 1: Assuming the non-physical exists and humans have a dual physical/non-physical nature:
Option 1: Non-physically …
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How can a fundamentally random process follow a probability distribution? [closed]
If a process is fundamentally random, how can it follow a probability distribution? What "keeps track" of the statistics of the random process and "ensures" that its outcomes align with the probabilit …
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Is the non-physical amenable to research and investigation?
Has philosophy proposed a sufficiently clear criterion for distinguishing the "physical" from the "non-physical" that would enable us to:
Identify aspects of reality that qualify as "non-physical," a …
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Since mathematicians are physical beings, does this mean that mathematics ultimately reduces...
Mathematical reasoning is always performed by an agent capable of such reasoning, whether human or artificial. In the case of a human, this reasoning is carried out by the brain. Each brain state repr …
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