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Metaphysics curricula usually explore foundational areas including ontology (the nature of being), substance and properties, causation, time and space, free will and determinism, personal identity, and modal metaphysics (possibility and necessity). Depending on your course or college-level work, you might also study specific applications like metaphysics of mind, metaphysics of language, or metaphysics of science. Working with a tutor helps you connect these topics and understand how they build on one another.

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