Metaphysics: An Introduction 100%


Metaphysics: An Introduction 100%

You sit at a wooden table in this library. A physicist walks in and tells you the table is actually just a collection of atoms and empty space. A chemist tells you it's a specific arrangement of carbon molecules.

In this wing, the questions aren't about how things happen, but what things are. The Mystery of the "Table" Metaphysics: An Introduction

This isn't about telescopes, but about the nature of the universe. Is it infinite? Did it have a cause, or has it always been here? You sit at a wooden table in this library

If every action has a cause (like dominos falling), are your choices truly yours, or were they "set" at the beginning of time? The "After-Physics" Metaphysics: An Introduction - 2nd Edition - Alyssa Ney In this wing, the questions aren't about how

Is time a flat road we are walking on, or is the past, present, and future all happening at once like a giant DVD?

As you walk through the Metaphysics Wing, you find four main chambers: