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Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Alan Saunders: Hello, and welcome to The Philosopher's Zone, I'm Alan Saunders. Over the last few weeks ...

Peter Adamson considers Aristotle’s original use of the term. I’ve occasionally had the disappointing experience of walking into a bookshop, seeing a shelf marked ‘Metaphysics’ and, beginning to ...

When I say “metaphysics”, you might think of that weird new-agey section of the bookstore on crystals, astrology, vibrations, life-changing secrets of the universe, and other silly mumbo-jumbo.

“ALL men by nature desire to know.” So begins the first book of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, written about two and a half thousand years ago and still one of the most influential works of Western ...

Before starting this analysis, I want you to keep in mind the assumption that both Mathematics and Metaphysics have a common goal. To gather an understanding of the real world. Not only that ...

‘Grandma’s metaphysics’ and other sources of wisdom are vital if academia is to embrace diversity and fully benefit from it ‘Don’t be stupid.’ That was my dad’s parental mantra, solemnly intoned ...