This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A number of philosophers have argued in recent years that certain kinds of metaphysical debates—e.g., debates over the existence of past and ...

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals in the deep scaffolding of the world: the nature of space, time, causation and existence, the foundations of reality itself. It’s generally ...

Galileo is generally credited with being the father of modern science. As this lecture aptly describes, he completely eschewed metaphysics and got along with the business of empirically and ...

Michael Jackson’s life continues to provoke fascination, grief, and uncomfortable questions. Beyond the headlines and the ...

Metaphysics has never had a “fun” reputation. Many people—if they’ve even heard of the M-word— tend to associate it with woozy, abstract lectures about time and space that spiral into confusion and ...

Galileo is generally credited with being the father of modern science. As this lecture aptly describes, he completely eschewed metaphysics and got along with the business of empirically and ...

Metaphysical Dog is winner of the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award. Long a source of trepidation for Bidart, questions of the body and its suitability to human consciousness pervade ...