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Metaphysics Philosophy has five main branches: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics, and esthetics. Metaphysics deals with the fundamental nature of existence; epistemology deals with the fundamental nature of man's means of knowledge and its role in understanding existence; ethics is the application of these two branches to how man ought to live; politics deals with how men ought to interact in a social context, including establishing a government; and esthetics deals with the role that art plays in presenting a philosophy in readily perceivable forms. Along with the five main branches of philosophy, I have added a section for the special sciences (or applications) and for current affairs. Because these essays were not originally intended to be subdivided into philosophic categories, there is a lot of overlap in the writings. Metaphysics metaphysical fundamentality (1999) unbounded and finite universe (2002) Consciousness metaphysics of consciousness (1998) free will and determinism (1999) Causality causality questions (1998) micro-macro causality (1999) causality (2003) Time motion, time, and energy (1998) time (1998) time and infinity (1998) Matter matter and consciousness (1998)
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