PHIL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Eliminative Materialism, Qualia, Mark Twain
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The term was originally coined by a first century scholar editing the manuscripts. After compiling aristotle"s writing on physics, the editor placed the leftover of greek philosopher aristotle material that didn"t fit into the physics section after-the-physics translated as metaphysics. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of ultimate reality. That is, metaphysics examines what exists and what criteria can be provided to demonstrate that x exists versus something that does not exist. There are a host of metaphysical issues: If someone says, it"s time to study philosophy or its time for our country to deal with the economy or what time is it?, all theses claims assume a notion of. If someone says, i was so mad at him or after i stubbed my toes in the middle of night, i felt excruciating pain or valentine"s day makes me feel depressed. All of the former claims assume certain mental states:
