Named arguments and positions that concern the fundamental nature of reality, causation, identity and the classical problem of free will: compatibilism as the position that free will and causal determinism can both be true. Belongs here: a formulated argument or named position whose target question is what exists and how it is structured, including the free will and determinism debate in its metaphysical form. Does not belong here: an argument whose target is specifically the nature of mind, knowledge or right action, grouped under Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology or Ethics instead even where a metaphysical premise underlies it.
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1. Metaphysics (Wikipedia)
WikipediaMetaphysics, lead section, Greek emergence sentence
In ancient Greece, metaphysics emerged in the 6th century BCE with the pre-Socratic philosophers, who gave rational explanations of the cosmos as a whole.
Metaphysics, lead section, Indian origin sentence
In ancient India, starting in the 7th century BCE, the Upanishads were written as religious and philosophical texts that examine how ultimate reality constitutes the ground of all being.
Metaphysics, lead section, Chinese origin sentence
At about the same time in ancient China, the school of Taoism was formed and explored the natural order of the universe.
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