PPT-Introduction to Metaphysics

What is metaphysics metaphysics m eta a prefix added to the name of a subject and designating another subject that analyzes the original one but at a more abstract higher level. To say that the will is not free means that it is subject to the law of causality R57524ee p 10 We have here one of the most remarkable and instructive examples of something in which the history of philosophy abounds of a persistent an agelong de 1 Wrong 12 Is Metaphysics Possible 13 Is Metaphysics Necessary 14 The Natural History of Reason 15 Pro and Con 16 Argument and Agreement 17 Authority and Autonomy 11Wrong I can b e wrong But contrary to the arguments of the sceptics my What is metaphysics? It is distinguished, in part, from physics and other branches of science by the a priori character of its methods.  e claims of science rest on observation; the claims of metaphy to . Ontology. From. . Carnap. and . Quine. to . Hilary. . Putnam. @. emanuelrutten. VU . University. . Material. in . this. . course-presentation. is . primarily. . obtained. . from. A. L. . Metaphysics . What is reality?. Why is there something and not nothing?. What is it to exist?. What is a being?. What is a person?. Am I Free?. Is there a supreme being?. Grendel. Chapters 5 and 6. Metaphysics. Concerned with . being. and . the world. Ontology-the categories of being and how they relate to each other. Cosmology-the study of the universe – its nature, origin, dynamics, structure. leibniz and the metaphysics of evil The Philosophers Approach to Metaphysics. What is Metaphysics?. Metaphysics is the study of the basic structures of reality:. Being and nothingness, time and eternity, freedom and determinism, mind and body, . : . on the way to transcendental metaphysics. . Serguei. L. . Katrechko. . . Moscow, Russia, . skatrechko@gmail.com. . http. ://. www.facebook.com/skatrechko. . http://philosophy.ru/library/katr/. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Metaphysics. What is the fundamental nature of reality?. Ontology: What exists?. What is the nature of what exists?. What is the mind or mental properties?. Start with substance and properties. Best Metaphysics A Guide and Anthology Substance Accident and Inherence Scotus and the Paris Debate on the Metaphysics of the Scotistic Aristotelianism Antonius Andreas Expositio and QuaestionesScotus on Knowing and Naming Natural Kinds Hi 1 Categories; de interpretatione; prior analytics; posterior analytics; topics; sophistical refutations; physics (10 books); on the heavens; on generation and decay; meteorology; on the soul; on th