Recommended Readings: Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Mumford - http://amzn.to/1TLrFBv (affiliate link) An Introduction to Metaphysics by John Carroll & Ned Markosian - http://amzn.to/1U9aTbh (affiliate link)

In this lecture we provide an introduction to metaphysics; we examine its history, subject matter, as well as looking at Ludwig Wittgenstein's view of metaphysics.

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