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L1: metaphysics Flashcards

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branch of philosophy exploring the fundamental nature of reality

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Metaphysics

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Study of existence, being, and reality.

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Ontology

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Origin, structure, and fate of the universe

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Origin, structure, and fate of the universe

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Nature of time, space, and causality.

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Time and Space:

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Relationship between mental and physical entities.

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Mind-Body Problem

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Human agency vs. causal determinism.

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Free Will and Determinism:

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Fundamental entities (e.g., matter, energy).

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Substance

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Properties of substances (e.g., color, shape).

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Attribute

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Possibility and realization

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Potentiality and Actuality

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Intrinsic nature and external existence.

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Essence and Existence

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Cause-and-effect relationships

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Causality

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One fundamental substance (e.g., materialism, idealism).

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Monism

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Two fundamental substances (e.g., mind-body).

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Dualism

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Multiple fundamental substances

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Pluralism

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Consciousness inherent in all entities.

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Panpsychism

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Complex systems exhibit novel properties.

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Emergentism

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Founder of Western metaphysics.

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Aristotle

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Developed transcendental idealism

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Immanuel Kant

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Introduced mind-body dualism.

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René Descartes

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Explored immaterial reality.

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Plato

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Skeptical empiricism.

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David Hume

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Materialism vs. immaterial entities.

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Physicalism vs. Non-Physicalism:

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Causal necessity vs. randomness.

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Determinism vs. Indeterminism:

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Complex systems vs. constituent parts

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Emergentism vs. Reductionism:

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Consciousness origins.

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Panpsychism vs. Emergentism

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Existence of parallel universes

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Multiverse Hypothesis

[G11] philosophy (3 decks)

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