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  2. Metaphysics - Wikipedia

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    The beginning of Aristotle's Metaphysics, one of the foundational texts of the discipline. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study of mind-independent features of the world, but some theorists view it as an inquiry into the fundamental categories of human ...

  3. Outline of metaphysics - Wikipedia

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    Philosophical theology – branch of theology and metaphysics that uses philosophical methods in developing or analyzing theological concepts. Natural theology – branch of theology and metaphysics the object of which is the nature of the gods, or of the one supreme God. In monotheistic religions, this principally involves arguments about the ...

  4. Philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Metaphysics is the study of the most general features of reality, such as existence, objects and their properties, wholes and their parts, space and time, events, and causation. [120] There are disagreements about the precise definition of the term and its meaning has changed throughout the ages. [121]

  5. Metaphysical necessity - Wikipedia

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    Metaphysical necessity is contrasted with other types of necessity. For example, the philosophers of religion John Hick [ 2 ] and William L. Rowe [ 3 ] distinguished the following three: factual necessity (existential necessity): a factually necessary being is not causally dependent on any other being, while any other being is causally ...

  6. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Also in 2016, Quizlet launched "Quizlet Live", a real-time online matching game where teams compete to answer all 12 questions correctly without an incorrect answer along the way. [15] In 2017, Quizlet created a premium offering called "Quizlet Go" (later renamed "Quizlet Plus"), with additional features available for paid subscribers.

  7. Nominalism - Wikipedia

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    In metaphysics, nominalism is the view that universals and abstract objects do not actually exist other than being merely names or labels. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are two main versions of nominalism. One denies the existence of universals – that which can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things (e.g., strength, humanity).

  8. Trump may seek dismissal of hush money case, sentencing delayed

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    NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump may seek dismissal of the criminal case in which he was convicted in May of 34 felony counts involving hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday ...

  9. Monadology - Wikipedia

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    "In other words, in the Leibnizian monadology, simple substances are mind-like entities that do not, strictly speaking, exist in space but that represent the universe from a unique perspective." [ 14 ] It is the harmony between the perceptions of the monads which creates what we call substances, but that does not mean the substances are real in ...