Metaphysics
The video is in Spanish. The introduction and further reading are available in English.
Everyone talks about metaphysics... but few know what it means.
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Watch Metaphysics directly on YouTube (Spanish)An introduction to the topic
What does it mean for something to be real? Metaphysics brings together questions about existence, causality, time and identity. Asking how a person changes while remaining the same lets us recognise these problems without starting from an abstract definition. Its answers are contested, as are its limits: exploring this field requires us to distinguish a philosophical question from a claim that still needs arguments. The further reading offers a map of these problems and how they have changed throughout history.
Further reading
Metaphysics · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · In English.
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