Consider three fundamental beliefs we have about the world (so fundamental that we would rarely, if ever, articulate them): that change is going on constantly, that changes are caused, and that there are constraints on what changes are possible. If we then ask: but are these beliefs true? and: how is it possible for them to be true, if they are? we have summarized many of the central concerns of metaphysics, the philosophical study of what there is.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Le Poidevin, Robin & MacBeath, Murray (eds.) - The Philosophy of Time
Consider three fundamental beliefs we have about the world (so fundamental that we would rarely, if ever, articulate them): that change is going on constantly, that changes are caused, and that there are constraints on what changes are possible. If we then ask: but are these beliefs true? and: how is it possible for them to be true, if they are? we have summarized many of the central concerns of metaphysics, the philosophical study of what there is.
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