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It's one of the oldest debates in philosophy: what makes two things the same kind of a thing? Is it some third thing they both partake in? Is it a component of them? Is it that they aren't really the same kind of thing, but it's just convenient for us to say they are? It is a notoriously difficult question to even explain and you'd be surprised at the potential implications!

Attribute Agreement

Abstract Reference

Predication

Universals

Plato and the Forms

Plato: Self-predication

Plato: The Partaking Relation

Plato: Third Man

Class Nominalism

Coextension Problem: Are coextensive properties a problem for class/resemblance nominalism?

Zeno: Achilles & Tortoise Paradox

Infinity and Length

Supertasks

Hilbert’s Hotel

Potential vs. Actual Infinity

Time and Infinity

Infinity

What is infinity? Is it a number or just a concept? Does it even exist? If it doesn't exist, then how do we seem to have unlimited numbers? If it does exist, then what is the number before it?

PHILOSOPHY of MIND

Do I have a mind that is distinct from my brain? If not, what explains thoughts and experiences? If so, how can it be related to the body? 

Mind-Body Problem

Eliminativism: Is “mind” just a pre-neuroscience word?

Logical Behaviorism: Is “the mind” just shorthand for behaviors?

Are thoughts just neurons? Mind→Brain Reduction

Can we see the mind?

Could the mental be physical?

The Modal Argument

The Conceivability Argument

Identity Theory of Mind

Multiple Realizability Argument

Defining Metaphysics and Music Genre

Can metaphysicians discover new existing things?

Metametaphysics

What exactly are we doing when we do metaphysics? Are we talking about real things? What justifies metaphysical conclusions?

PHILOSOPHY of NATURE

What is the nature of things?

What is hylemorphism?

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