| i)
Introduction |
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a) What
is metaphysics
b) The nature of metaphysics
c) The subject matter of metaphysics
d) Methods of metaphysical argumentation
e) Truth in metaphysics
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| ii)
Being and Ontology |
The problem of appearance and reality |
| iii)
Substance. |
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| iv)
Space, time and history. |
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| v)
Causality. |
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| vi)
Freedom and Determinism. |
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| vii)
Universals and particulars. |
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| viii)
Ultimate reality and meaning. |
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| ix)
Philosophy issues of life, death and immortality. |
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x)
The decline and resurgence of speculative metaphysics |
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The rise
and decline of Logical Positivism. |