Metaphysics

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Causation (6,418 | 178)Thomas Blanchard
Theories of Causation (2,118 | 399)
Causal Eliminativism (32)Matt Farr
Causal Realism (115)
Causal Reductionism (79)
Counterfactual Theories of Causation (392)Francis Longworth
Manipulability Theories of Causation (250)Francis Longworth
Nomological Theories of Causation (73)
Causal Occasionalism (50)
Process Theories of Causation (161)Francis Longworth
Statistical Theories of Causation (123)
Theories of Causation, Misc (444)
Varieties of Causation (1,304 | 294)Sara Bernstein
Agent Causation* (303)Shai Roitman
The Direction of Causation (140)Sara Bernstein
Causal Overdetermination (166)Sara Bernstein
Causal Preemption (45)Sara Bernstein
Causation by Absences (78)Sara Bernstein
Downward Causation (247)Sara Bernstein
Mental Causation* (1,262 | 23)Sven Walter
Probabilistic Causation (161)Sara Bernstein
Singular Causation (77)
Supervenient Causation* (108)D. Gene Witmer
Varieties of Causation, Misc (96)Sara Bernstein
Causation, Miscellaneous (1,256 | 408)
Causal Reasoning* (1,013 | 24)Alexander Gebharter
Causal Relata (85)
Causal Explanation (309)Michael Bertrand
Causation in the Law* (110)
Causation and Laws (187)Markus Schrenk
Explanation* (3,744 | 72)Brad Weslake
Humean Supervenience* (85)Billy Wheeler
Causation, Misc (267)
Chance and Objective Probability* (826 | 218)Toby Handfield
Dispositions and Powers (1,562 | 421)Gabriele Contessa
Bare Dispositions (23)Gabriele Contessa
Dispositional and Categorical Properties (252)Gabriele Contessa
Conditional Analyses (72)Matthew Tugby
Dispositions and Bases (40)Gabriele Contessa
Masked Dispositions (42)Gabriele Contessa
Powers (328)Gabriele Contessa
Dispositions and Laws (211)Markus Schrenk
Dispositions and Powers, Misc (173)Gabriele Contessa
Laws of Nature* (1,953)Markus Schrenk
Global Metaphysical Theories (2,533 | 103)
Idealism (387)A. P. Taylor
Dialectical Materialism (11)
Dualism* (1,092 | 412)Andreas Elpidorou
Global Eliminativism* (0)
Hylomorphism (32)
Logical Atomism (70)
Monism (135)Kelly Trogdon
Metaphysical Naturalism (225)
Phenomenalism (131)Michael Pelczar
Physicalism (640 | 344)Andreas Elpidorou
Formulating Physicalism* (383)Gabriel Rabin
Causal Closure of the Physical (185)David Spurrett
Nonreductive Materialism* (421)John Donaldson
Supervenience and Physicalism* (209)D. Gene Witmer
Physicalism about the Mind* (1,869 | 26)István Aranyosi
Speculative Materialism* (162)
Materialist Feminism* (45)
Physicalism, Misc (111)
Process Philosophy (203)
Humean Supervenience (85)Billy Wheeler
Relativism (399 | 377)
Value Relativism* (29)
Relativism about Truth* (328)Jonny McIntosh
Ontological Conventionalism and Relativism* (106)
Moral Relativism* (350)Nathaniel Sharadin
Epistemic Relativism* (594 | 139)Markus Seidel
Cultural Relativism* (172)
Aesthetic Relativism* (56)
Relativism, Misc (22)
Global Metaphysical Theories, Misc (112)
Interlevel Metaphysics (3,238 | 21)
Conceptual Analysis and A Priori Entailment* (88)David Chalmers
Determinates and Determinables* (79)Jessica M. Wilson
Emergence (705 | 465)Patrick McGivern
Psychophysical Emergence* (103)
Downward Causation* (247)Sara Bernstein
Emergence, Misc (87)Patrick McGivern
Emergence in Physical Science* (145)
Emergence in Cognitive Science* (23)
Concepts of Emergence (153)Patrick McGivern
Emergence in Biology* (111)Laura Franklin-Hall
Fundamentality (445)Alexander Skiles
Grounding (651 | 7)Kelly Trogdon
Nature of Grounding (167)Naomi Thompson
Logic of Grounding (86)Jon Litland
Critiques and Defenses of Grounding (53)Louis deRosset
Applications of Grounding (273)Scott Dixon
Grounding, Misc (65)Kelly Trogdon
Interlevel Metaphysics, Misc (127)
Metaphysical Levels (61 | 22)
Theories of Levels (24)
Metaphysical Levels, Misc (15)
Levels and Units of Selection* (498 | 222)
Levels of Analysis in Cognitive Science* (139)
Physicalism* (640 | 344)Andreas Elpidorou
Realization (475 | 8)Ronald Endicott
Determinates and Determinables* (79)Jessica M. Wilson
Multiple Realizability* (351)John Donaldson
Realization, Misc (36)
Implementing Computations* (143)Corey Maley
Functional Realization (353)Kevin Morris
Mechanistic Realization (30)Ronald Endicott
Subset View of Realization (48)Umut Baysan
Reduction* (1,032 | 240)Ronald Endicott
Supervenience (629 | 25)D. Gene Witmer
Moral Supervenience* (147)Cristian Constantinescu
Psychophysical Supervenience* (200)Andreas Elpidorou
Supervenience and Physicalism (209)D. Gene Witmer
Supervenience, General (287)D. Gene Witmer
Supervenient Causation (108)D. Gene Witmer
Token Identity (124)
Truthmakers* (723)Jamin Asay
Metaontology (2,200 | 30)Frederique Janssen-Lauret
Metaontology, Misc (361)
Ontological Commitment (310)Henry Laycock
Ontological Conventionalism and Relativism (106)
Ontological Disagreement (110)Nurbay Irmak
Ontological Fictionalism (206)Pablo Rychter
Ontological Pluralism (132)Nurbay Irmak
Ontological Realism (263)Penelope Rush
Quantification and Ontology* (321)Gregory Lavers
Methodology in Metaphysics (555)Frederique Janssen-Lauret
Debunking Arguments about Metaphysics (127)Jonathan Barker
Modality (4,186 | 208)Derek Haderlie
De Re Modality (739 | 16)Aran Arslan
Actualism and Possibilism (181)Christopher Menzel
Counterpart Theory (146)Jeremy Garner
Haecceitism (89)Sam Cowling
Necessitism and Contingentism (106)Peter Fritz
Essence and Essentialism* (1,194)Kathrin Koslicki and Michael J. Raven and Margaret Cameron
De Re Modality, Misc (201)Alessandro Torza
Varieties of Modality (976 | 23)Barbara Vetter
Epistemic Possibility* (136)Jens Christian Bjerring
Conceptual Necessity (36)Barbara Vetter
Logical Necessity (156)Barbara Vetter
Metaphysical Necessity (416)Tristan Grøtvedt Haze
Nomological Necessity (196)Markus Schrenk
Varieties of Modality, Misc (149)Barbara Vetter
Theories of Modality (398 | 56)Alastair Wilson
Modal Combinatorialism (57)Alastair Wilson
Modal Conventionalism (57)Alastair Wilson
Modal Noncognitivism (23)Alastair Wilson
Modal Primitivism (26)Alastair Wilson
Modal Realism* (356)Dan Marshall
Theories of Modality, Misc (179)Alastair Wilson
Modal Epistemology (812 | 37)Anand Vaidya
Conceivability, Imagination, and Possibility (277)Anand Vaidya
Counterfactuals and Modal Epistemology (125)Anand Vaidya
Modal Error (11)Anand Vaidya
Modal Intuition (40)Anand Vaidya
Modal Empiricism (61)Anand Vaidya
Modal Epistemology, Misc (114)Anand Vaidya
Modal Rationalism (81)Anand Vaidya
Modal Skepticism (66)Anand Vaidya
Thought Experiments* (586)Magdalena Balcerak Jackson
Possible Worlds (1,053 | 128)Dan Marshall
Actualism and Possibilism* (181)Christopher Menzel
Modal Ersatizism (78)Dan Marshall
Modal Fictionalism (62)Dan Marshall
Modal Realism (356)Dan Marshall
Possible World Semantics* (397)Mark Jago
Impossible Worlds (177)Barak Krakauer
Possible Worlds, Misc (252)Dan Marshall
Objects (7,609 | 13)Daniel Z. Korman
Abstract Objects (656 | 583)Sam Cowling
Properties* (3,833 | 193)Gabriele Contessa
Ontology of Music* (581 | 335)
Fictional Characters* (381)Lee Walters
Ontology of Mathematics* (2,855 | 469)Rafal Urbaniak
Words* (560)Guy Longworth
The Nature of Sets* (318 | 124)Rafal Urbaniak
Numbers* (410)Rafal Urbaniak
Abstract Objects, Misc (73)Sam Cowling
Identity (1,541 | 499)Chad Carmichael
Composition as Identity* (134)Einar Duenger Bohn
Contingent Identity (75)Jeremy Garner
Identity of Indiscernibles (179)
Theories of Personal Identity* (2,272 | 1,048)
Relative Identity* (95)A. P. Taylor
Vague Identity (155)Eric de Araujo
The Necessity of Identity (66)
Criteria of Identity (107)
Identity, Misc (460)
Material Objects (1,869 | 473)Noel Saenz
Artifacts (262)Nurbay Irmak
Coincident Objects (189)Jonathan Barker
Composition as Identity* (134)Einar Duenger Bohn
Contingent Identity* (75)Jeremy Garner
Hylomorphism* (32)
Material Constitution (315)
Mereological Universalism* (143)
Mereological Nihilism* (179)Virendra Tripathi
Monism* (135)Kelly Trogdon
Problem of the Many (66)
Stuff (147)Henry Laycock
Three- and Four-Dimensionalism* (425)
Vague Objects (115)
Eliminative Conceptions of Material Objects (86)Daniel Z. Korman
Permissive Conceptions of Material Objects (68)Daniel Z. Korman
Material Objects, Misc (148)
Mereology (1,519 | 634)Meg Wallace
Composition as Identity (134)Einar Duenger Bohn
Mereological Universalism (143)
Mereological Nihilism (179)Virendra Tripathi
Mereological Essentialism (56)Nathan Wildman
Simples and Gunk (129)Bradley Rettler
The Argument from Vagueness (51)Daniel Z. Korman
Mereology, Misc (193)
Ontology of Mathematics* (2,855 | 469)Rafal Urbaniak
Minor Entities (160 | 23)Noel Saenz
Holes (35)
Reflections (50)Clare Mac Cumhaill
Shadows (26)
Minor Entities, Misc (26)
Nonexistent Objects (147)David Sanson
Objects and Properties (448 | 101)Robert K. Garcia
Bundle Theories (121)Baptiste Le Bihan
Substratum Theories (66)
Objects and Properties, Misc (160)Baptiste Le Bihan
Persistence (1,176 | 161)A. P. Taylor
Endurance (139)Paul Richard Daniels
Occasional Identity (7)A. P. Taylor
Perdurance (152)Paul Richard Daniels
Relative Identity (95)A. P. Taylor
Stage Theory (65)Paul Richard Daniels
Three- and Four-Dimensionalism (425)
Temporary Intrinsics (41)A. P. Taylor
Persistence, Misc (91)A. P. Taylor
Objects, Misc (80)Daniel Z. Korman
Ontology (7,336 | 3,327)T. Parent
Applied Ontology (166 | 95)
Top-Level Ontologies (17)
Domain Ontology (13)
Biomedical Ontology* (34)
Ontology of Finance* (49)
Ontology of Information Artifacts (19)
Cognitive Ontologies* (85)
Web Ontology Language (6)
Semantic Web (2)
Applied Ontology, Misc (14)
Events (364)
Existence (457)T. Parent
Facts and States of Affairs (304)Mark Jago
Higher-Order Metaphysics* (105)Peter Fritz
Metaontology* (2,200 | 30)Frederique Janssen-Lauret
Natural Kinds (589)Alexander James Bird
Propositions* (1,498 | 120)Thomas William Strickland Hodgson
Objects* (7,609 | 13)Daniel Z. Korman
Properties* (3,833 | 193)Gabriele Contessa
Ontological Categories (170)James (J.T.M.) Miller
Substance (740)Andrew J. Jaeger
Truthmakers (723)Jamin Asay
Ontology of Specific Domains (22 | 9)
Food Ontology* (28)Andrea Borghini
Ontology of Concepts* (64)Daniel Weiskopf
Social Ontology* (1,068 | 26)Christopher Frugé
Biomedical Ontology* (34)
Ontology of Sets* (68)Rafal Urbaniak
Ontology of Mathematics* (2,855 | 469)Rafal Urbaniak
Ontology of Literature* (231)
Ontology of Music* (581 | 335)
Ontology of Film* (83)Frank Boardman
Ontology of Finance* (49)
Temporal Ontology* (1,367 | 21)Sam Baron
Ontology of Specific Domains, Misc (13)
Ontology, Misc (474)
Persons (8,396 | 718)Timothy Campbell
Theories of Personal Identity (2,272 | 1,048)
Psychological Theories of Personal Identity (309)A. P. Taylor
Physical and Animalist Theories Of Personal Identity (200)A. P. Taylor
Nonreductionist Theories of Personal Identity (78)Jeremiah Joven Joaquin
Personal Identity, Misc (637)
Puzzle Cases in Personal Identity (544 | 94)
Fission and Split Brains (135)
Dissociative Identity Disorder* (136)
Immortality (138)K. Mitch Hodge
Brain Transplants (35)
Mind Uploading* (50)Karina Vold
Thought Experiments in Personal Identity (84)
Transformative Experience (13)
Puzzle Cases in Personal Identity, Misc (45)
The Self (1,141 | 859)
Self-Consciousness* (1,965 | 203)
Self-Knowledge* (1,764 | 616)
The Soul* (352)A. P. Taylor
The Self, Misc (282)
Personal Identity and Values (835 | 291)Alex Fiorello
Personal Identity and Normative Ethics (95)
Personal Identity and Applied Ethics (90)
What Matters in Survival (264)Jeremiah Joven Joaquin
Personal Identity and Values, Misc (95)
Practical Identity (427 | 122)
Narrative Identity (193)
Social Identity (66)
Practical Identity, Misc (46)
Human Beings (1,455 | 282)
Human Nature (933)
Human Beings, Misc (61)
Transhumanism* (436)
Human Ecology* (55)Andrew Buskell
Human Rights* (3,763 | 3,049)
Dehumanization* (98)Johannes Steizinger
Childhood (35)Walter Kohan
Philosophy for Children* (746 | 103)Maughn Rollins Gregory
Ethics of Childhood* (947 | 490)Anca Gheaus
Childhood, Misc (35)Walter Kohan
Parenthood* (454 | 223)Anca Gheaus
Pregnancy* (266)Maja Sidzińska
Birth (144)Maja Sidzińska
Aging* (52)
The Body (384 | 296)
Bodily Experience* (936 | 509)
Embodiment and Situated Cognition* (1,893)Mog Stapleton
Embodiment and Sport* (12)
Embodied Memory* (143)
Health and Illness* (998 | 510)Junjie Yang
The Body, Misc (88)
Death and Dying* (7,222 | 2,399)Craig Paterson
History: Persons (50)
Persons, Misc (570)
Properties (3,833 | 193)Gabriele Contessa
Determinates and Determinables (79)Jessica M. Wilson
Dispositions and Powers* (1,562 | 421)Gabriele Contessa
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Properties (94)Carrie Figdor
Natural Properties (176)Gabriele Contessa
Properties, Misc (216)Gabriele Contessa
Property Nominalism (195)Gabriele Contessa
Quantities (126)Zee R. Perry
Relations (255)
Tropes (296)Gabriele Contessa
Universals (1,009)Gabriele Contessa
Essence and Essentialism (1,194)Kathrin Koslicki and Michael J. Raven and Margaret Cameron
Essentialism and Quantified Modal Logic (197)Alessandro Torza
Essentialism about Species* (104)
Origins Essentialism (72)Nathan Wildman
Scientific Essentialism (128)Martin Glazier
Anti-Essentialism (96)Alan Sidelle
Essence and Essentialism, Misc (701)Nathan Wildman
Realism and Anti-Realism (2,319 | 1,221)Panu Raatikainen
Metaphysical Realism (203)James (J.T.M.) Miller
Internal Realism (233)
The Model-Theoretic Argument (116)
Moral Realism and Irrealism* (4,145 | 291)Neil Sinhababu
Ontological Realism* (263)Penelope Rush
Quasi-Realism* (117)Cristian Constantinescu
Scientific Realism* (4,578 | 16)Howard Sankey
Semantic Anti-Realism (198)
Realism and Anti-Realism, Misc (287)
Aesthetic Realism and Anti-Realism* (288 | 52)
Eliminativism (2 | 1)
Eliminative Conceptions of Material Objects* (86)Daniel Z. Korman
Eliminativism, Misc (1)
Temporal Eliminativism* (69)Sam Baron
Causal Eliminativism* (32)Matt Farr
Eliminativism about Race* (29)David Miguel Gray
Eliminativism about Gender* (6)
Eliminativism about Sex* (1)
Eliminative Materialism* (150)István Aranyosi
Eliminativism about Propositional Attitudes* (173)
Eliminativism about Consciousness* (35)
Eliminativism about Qualia* (61)Andrew Bailey
Global Eliminativism (0)
Reality (59)
Time (5,967 | 994)Sam Baron
Temporal Ontology (1,367 | 21)Sam Baron
Eternalism (270)Sam Baron
Growing Block Views (115)Sam Baron
Presentism (443)David Ingram
The Open Future (314)Sam Baron
Determinism* (848)Jonah Nagashima
Fatalism* (335)Jonah Nagashima
Temporal Eliminativism (69)Sam Baron
Temporal Ontology, Misc (135)Sam Baron
The Passage of Time (1,459 | 44)Stephan Torre
A-Theories of Time (364)Stephan Torre
B-Theories of Time (326)Stephan Torre
Experience of Temporal Passage* (238)
McTaggart's Argument (204)Stephan Torre
Time and Change (269)Stephan Torre
The Passage of Time, Misc (252)Stephan Torre
Aspects of Time (1,333 | 371)Sam Baron
Persistence* (1,176 | 161)A. P. Taylor
Physics of Time* (613)Virendra Tripathi
Temporal Experience* (762 | 265)Ian Phillips
Temporal Logic* (504)
Temporal Expressions* (476)
The Direction of Time (281)Sam Baron
Time Travel (450)Sam Baron
Aspects of Time, Misc (231)Sam Baron
Philosophy of Time, Misc (814)Sam Baron
Metaphysics, Miscellaneous (1,533 | 514)
Higher-Order Metaphysics (105)Peter Fritz
Methodology in Metaphysics* (555)Frederique Janssen-Lauret
Metaphysics of Specific Domains (20 | 10)
Metaphysics of Spacetime* (556 | 128)Oliver Pooley
The Metaphysics of Species* (120)
The Metaphysics of Race, Misc* (86)David Miguel Gray
Metaphysics of Mind* (9,122 | 2,233)
Ontology of Specific Domains* (22 | 9)
Metaphysics of Specific Domains, Misc (10)
Metaphysics, General Works (423)
Metaphysics, Misc (471)
History/traditions: Metaphysics
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