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Introduction to Metaphysics - PHIL 201

Explores fundamental questions about reality, existence, free will, identity, mind and body, causation, and the nature of being.

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7 The Nature of Reality

Explore how metaphysics addresses reality, dependence, mind and body, personal identity, causation, free will, and the evaluation of competing theories.
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3 Identity and Persistence

Compare theories of how objects and people remain numerically the same through change, and examine the puzzles that test those theories.
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6 Mind and Body

Compare major accounts of how mental life relates to the brain and body, with a focus on consciousness, subjective experience, and the explanatory challenges each view faces.
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5 Free Will and Determinism

Explore how free will relates to causal determinism, the major positions in the debate, and the kinds of control that may ground moral responsibility.
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4 Causation and the Structure of Events

Understand how causal claims relate events, compare major accounts of causation, and distinguish causal explanations and particular causes from laws and regularities.
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2 Existence and Being

Explore how ontology investigates existence and being, how entities may be grouped into categories, and why the distinction between concrete and abstract entities remains disputed.
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1 What Is Metaphysics?

Understand what metaphysics investigates, how philosophers approach its central questions, and how competing views describe the nature of reality.
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5 Free Will and Determinism

A medium-difficulty quiz on free will, determinism, and moral responsibility. Questions progress from core distinctions to applying and comparing philosophical positions.
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7 The Nature of Reality

A medium-difficulty quiz on metaphysical claims about reality, identity, mind and body, causation, freedom, and how to evaluate theories.
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6 Mind and Body

A medium-difficulty quiz on theories of mind and body, including physicalism, dualism, consciousness, and alternative accounts of what is fundamental.
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3 Identity and Persistence

A medium-difficulty quiz on persistence, numerical identity, and personal identity.
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4 Causation and the Structure of Events

A medium-difficulty quiz on causation, causal explanations, and laws of nature. Questions progress from applying basic distinctions to evaluating causal accounts and their limitations.
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2 Existence and Being

A medium-level quiz on ontology, categories of entities, and the concrete–abstract distinction.
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1 What Is Metaphysics?

A medium-difficulty quiz on metaphysics, its central questions, philosophical positions, and approaches to inquiry.
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6 Mind and Body

Review the mind–body problem, major theories of mind, and the challenge of explaining conscious experience.
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3 Identity and Persistence

Explore how objects and people can remain numerically the same through change, and compare theories of persistence and personal identity.
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5 Free Will and Determinism

Review the main positions on free will and determinism, and how they relate to control, choice, and moral responsibility.
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7 The Nature of Reality

Explore core metaphysical questions about what is fundamental, how minds and persons persist, whether actions can be free, and how metaphysical claims are evaluated.
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4 Causation and the Structure of Events

Study how events, causes, laws, and causal explanations relate, and compare major approaches to identifying what makes a difference.
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2 Existence and Being

Review ontology’s questions about existence and being, proposed categories of entities, and the distinction between concrete and abstract things.
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1 What Is Metaphysics?

Explore metaphysics’ central questions about reality, its methods of inquiry, and competing views about what is fundamentally real.
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