Research - metaphysical etc.

metaphysical |ˌmetəˈfizikəl|adjective1 of or relating to metaphysics : the essentially metaphysical question of the nature of the mind.• based on abstract (typically, excessively abstract) reasoning : an empiricist rather than a metaphysical view of law.• transcending physical matter or the laws of nature : Good and Evil are inextricably linked in a metaphysical battle across space and time.2 of or characteristic of the metaphysical poets.noun ( the Metaphysicals)the metaphysical poets.DERIVATIVESmetaphysically |-ik(ə)lē| adverb

• Philosophy - explain nature of being and the world
• Two basic questions - 'What is there?' 'What is it like?'
• Clarify notions by which people understand the world e.g. existence, objects properties, space and time, cause and effect, and possibility.
• Ontology - basic categories of being and how they relate to each other.
• Natural philosophy - now science
• Derived from Greeks - 'beyond, upon, after' and 'physics' Aristotle - after books of physics
• 'The science of the world beyond nature'
• Epistemology - 'how do we know'
• Aristotle's metaphysics divided into 3 parts - ontology - the study of being, classification of entities. Natural Theology - study of Gods, religion and the divine. Universal Science - study of principles, law of being.
• Determinism and free will, freedom vs. causation
• 'You cannot step into the same river twice' change and identity
• Quantum physics.
• Nature of the mind in relation to body, close relationship between brain and mind
• Space and time are mental constructs used to organise perceptions or are otherwise surreal
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• Space and time

multiverse |ˈməltiˌvərs|nounan infinite realm of being or potential being of which the universe is regarded as a part or instance.

• hypothetical set of possible universes that together compromise everything that exists and can exist: space, time, matter, energy, physical laws.
• William James idea, parallel universes within the multiverse
• Structure and nature of each universe depends on multiverse hypothesis considered - cosmology, physics, astronomy, religion, philosophy, psychology, fiction and fantasy - also known as other dimensions, parallel worlds etc.
• M-theory - created by collisions of universes, unlike quantum universe.
• Anthropic principle - fine tuned for conscious life, different physical laws
• Occams Razor - simplest explanation until proved false.
• possible worlds are a way to explain probability
• Trans-world identity, that the same thing exists identically in another universe.
• Religion - the afterlife
• Idea that universes lie within 'bubbles' of space and time, another bubble left an imprint on our own universe. Untestable?