Metaphysics

Here’s a very short video on the subject of metaphysics, the philosophy of being and reality.

It’s a great example of what I mean when I say that it has been a terrible last few centuries for philosophers.

In ancient times, if you wanted to know what the fundamental building blocks of the universe were, you asked a philosopher, perhaps the ancient Athenian Democritus, who propounded the theory of the atom, which was, by definition, indivisible.  Now we refer this question to the realm of particle physics.

Far more recently, those who struggled to know the ultimate nature of reality asked a metaphysician.  Now, once again, we’ve put our trust in science.

I hope you’ll check out the video linked above.