As host of the On Being radio show, Krista Tippett asked guests countless metaphysical questions. But this new year, she ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A number of philosophers have argued in recent years that certain kinds of metaphysical debates—e.g., debates over the existence of past and ...

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals in the deep scaffolding of the world: the nature of space, time, causation and existence, the foundations of reality itself. It’s generally ...

Galileo is generally credited with being the father of modern science. As this lecture aptly describes, he completely eschewed metaphysics and got along with the business of empirically and ...

When someone plays a beloved television character for many years, it can be hard for the audience to picture them as something different. However, it may not be as much of a stretch for anyone to ...

Galileo is generally credited with being the father of modern science. As this lecture aptly describes, he completely eschewed metaphysics and got along with the business of empirically and ...

Metaphysical Dog is winner of the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award. Long a source of trepidation for Bidart, questions of the body and its suitability to human consciousness pervade ...

Perhaps one of the biggest mysteries we face in life is the question of what happens after it ends. It’s an enigma for which many religions have sought to provide an answer, often proposing that ...