The cosmological argument, or the first cause argument, centers around the belief that the universe had a first cause. It is based on an a posteriori premise, which means that the argument is taken from experience of what can be seen around the world and universe. The word cosmos refers to the unive...
David Hume once described the question of free will as "the most contentious question of metaphysics, the most contentious science" (Hume 1748: 95). One of the most debated questions in metaphysics and philosophy is the one this essay will investigate. At first glance, the idea of whether we are al...
Donald Davidson: "Mental Events" "Mental Events", by Donald Davidson, defends a view of Token physicalism known as Anomalous Monism. Token physicalism claims that every event that falls under a mental-event kind, also falls under a physical-event kind. According to Davidson, "Anomalous Monism r...
