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Philosophy - Metaphysical interpretations of reality

The intricacies of metaphysical interpretations of reality delve into various realms including the existence of God, the nature of reality, and the divine. This exploration is often juxtaposed between religion and spirituality, where religion concerns itself with beliefs about the supernatural and the divine, while spirituality focuses on the inner, non-material aspects of human existence.

Philosophy - Metaphysical interpretations of reality

Philosophy - Metaphysical interpretations of reality

Does god exist?

Real world examples
Religion and Spirituality

Religion: beliefs about nature of reality and the divine and supernatural

Spirituality: exploration of the inner, non-material experience human existence. (soul, aura, etc.)

Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient

Atheism

Humanism

Hume, Nietzche, Thomas Aquinas, Kierkegaard

Free will: the choice over our own actions and decisions. We are fully to blame for our actions as we are the ones who commit them.

Existence

Existence: Being real or participating in reality

Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Thomas Nagel, David Chalmers

Descartes cartesian dualism; idea of God could not have originated in oneself, an imperfect being; then the concept of perfection and infinite being, must be from God, himself.

Teleological argument - Thomas Aquinas

What is consciousness?

Existence and consciousness
Existence and Consciousness

Existence: Being real or participating in reality

Consciousness: state of being aware and able to process and perceive one's surroundings, thoughts, feelings, and experinces.

Englightnment

Idealism

Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Thomas Nagel, David Chalmers

Identity: our experiences and surroundings make us who we are, which makes us unique

Change: alteration of our identity

Monism/Dualism

Mind/Body debate

Personal identity theory

Aristotle, Leibniz

Determinism

Determinism: every event is determined by an unbroken chair of prior occurences. (Fate)

Spinoza, Hobbes

What is the meaning of life?

Objects and their properties: materialistic things like sweaters or dogs, or abstarct things such as happiness are both "properties"

Descartes, Russell, Alfred Edward Taylor,

Worldview/ Perspective --> Optimism & Nihilism (Nietzche)

Four pillars (belonging, purpose, transcendence, storytelling)

Maslows hierarchy of needs

Free Will

Free will: the choice over our own actions and decisions. We are fully to blame for our actions as we are the ones who commit them.

Existentialism

Worldview/ Perspective --> Nihilism (Nietzche) and Optimism

Space and Time

Space: abstract framework where physical objects exist and events occur

Time: abstract concept that represents sequence of events, changes, and flow of life/existence

Space and mental: Mental constructs used to organize perceptions, unreal constructs to help us track life

Enlightnement

Allegory of the cave

Albert Einstein, Descartes, Leibniz, Isaac Newton, Ernst Mach, J.M.E Mctaggart, Leibniz

Does the world really exist?

Possibility: true in some possible world (if it is possible for nothing to have ever existed, then nothing would exist still)

Idealism

Thomas Aquinas, Leibniz, David Lewis, Aristotle

Objects and their properties: materialistic things like sweaters or dogs, or abstarct things such as happiness are both "properties"

Descartes, Russell, Alfred Edward Taylor

Allegory of the cave

Nihilism and optimism

Materialism

Possibility

Objects and their properties

Do humans have a soul?

Real World Examples
Existence and counsciousness
Abstractions
Existence and consciousness

Existence: Being real or participating in reality

Consciousness: state of being aware and able to process and perceive one's surroundings, thoughts, feelings, and experinces.

Humanism

Personal identity theory

Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Thomas Nagel, David Chalmers

Identity and Change

Identity: our experiences and surroundings make us who we are, which makes us unique

Change: alteration of our identity

Aristotle, Leibniz

Cosmogony

Cosmogony: how the universe came into being (big bang theory)

Spinoza, Voltaire Plotinus