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David Malet Armstrong AO FAHA (8 July 1926 – 13 May 2014), [4] often D. M. Armstrong, was an Australian philosopher.He is well known for his work on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and for his defence of a factualist ontology, a functionalist theory of the mind, an externalist epistemology, and a necessitarian conception of the laws of nature.
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Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that investigates principles of reality transcending those of any particular science. Cosmology and ontology are traditional branches of metaphysics. It is concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world . [ 1 ]
Substantial forms, in the strictest sense for Leibniz, are primitive active forces and are required for his metaphysics. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In the Discourse on Metaphysics (§10): [...] the belief in substantial forms has a certain basis in fact, but that these forms effect no changes in the phenomena and must not be employed for the explanation of ...
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The problem of universals is considered a central issue in traditional metaphysics and can be traced back to Plato and Aristotle's philosophy, [6] particularly in their attempt to explain the nature and status of forms. [7] These philosophers explored the problem through predication.