Surf these sites: Causal Processes -- Taking their point of departure from what science tells us about the world rather than from our everyday concept of a `process'', philosophers interested in analysing causal processes have tended to see the chief task to be to distinguish causal processes such as atoms decaying and billiard balls moving across the table from pseudo processes such as moving shadows and spots of light. These philosophers have found, in the notion of a causal process, a key to understanding causation in general. Existence -- Survey article from the Stanford Encyclopedia, by Barry Miller. Holes -- Holes are an interesting case-study for ontologists and epistemologists. From the Stanford Encyclopedia. Metaphysica - the History of Western Metaphysics -- Explores the history of metaphysics from Greek origins through the modern period. Metaphysics - Multiple Meanings -- This site distinguishes popular and academic metaphysics, and provides links realted to each. Metaphysics Research Lab -- Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University. Philosophy of Time -- An essay on the philosophy of time. Probabilistic Causation -- "Probabilistic Causation" designates a group of philosophical theories that aim to characterize the relationship between cause and effect using the tools of probability theory. A primary motivation for the development of such theories is the desire for a theory of causation that does not presuppose physical determinism. The Hole Argument -- What is space? What is time? Do they exist independently of the things and processes in them? Or is their existence parasitic on these things and processes? From the Stanford Encyclopedia by John D. Norton. Two Contemporary Approaches to Transcendental Arguments -- The way two contemporary philosophers conceive their transcendental arguments in critical relationship with other philophical trends of the prensent stage: Karl-Otto Apel and Zeljko Loparic. Why Does Anything Exist? -- The zero ontology
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