Recent Advances in Metaphysics

A comprehensive overview of free will debates covering metaphysical, neuroscientific, psychological, and theological perspectives on agency and moral responsibility.

Robyn Repko Waller

A rigorous paper arguing that all objects, including physical ones, are purely mathematical. Explores alternatives to traditional platonism and nominalism in metaphysics.

Clark Glymour, Luke Serafin

An interdisciplinary overview tracing how metaphysical questions about reality have shaped physics, from Aristotle and Ptolemy through Einstein, Bohr, and string theory.

Barry M. McCoy

A structured university overview covering the full scope of metaphysical inquiry: properties, universals, time, identity, causation, free will, and the existence of God.

University of Colorado Boulder