Metaphysics

Metaphysics

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of being and the world.

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responsibility assumption

Philosophy; Metaphysics

The concept that each individual has substantial or total responsibility for the events and circumstances that befall them in their life. While there is little notable about the notion that each ...

The philosophical/theological/esoteric idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve along a predetermined cosmological pattern or ascent, or in accordance with certain pre-determined ...

spiritualism

Philosophy; Metaphysics

May refer to a variety of modern religious ideologies, primarily active in the United States and Europe. Central tenets of Spiritualist liturgy and dogma are the beliefs and practices of mediumship ...

Truth

Philosophy; Metaphysics

As a proper noun, "Truth" refers to the substance or reality of the world. It is also sometimes described as "that which does not change"

Unitarian Universalism

Philosophy; Metaphysics

A theologically liberal, inclusive religion formed by the merger of Unitarian and Universalist organizations in the mid 20th century. UUs generally: cherish creativity, freedom, and compassion; ...

slingshot argument

Philosophy; Metaphysics

It is the effect that if true statements correspond to facts, then they all correspond to the same Great Fact. There is a famous argument of Davidson's to the effect that if true statements ...

error theory

Philosophy; Metaphysics

It is the claim that the objective claims about moral judgements ought to presuppose the moral facts and that this presupposition is an error.Is a non-cognitivist moral theory made by Mackie. This ...