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Originally Posted by Richful  Sounds like you're more aware of the history of philosophy than me. |
Quite likely. It's my degree minor.
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Originally Posted by Richful I thought University of Metaphysics might have meant a philosophy course, instead it's just more new age. |
The thing in the OP appears to be a one-woman show which offers to teach various New Age things. It's certainly not an accredited university.
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Originally Posted by Richful Do you have any other Science investigating Metaphysics you could suggest? |
Other than the link I gave to the scientific papers on the topic, a few modern authors come to mind. Derek Parfit is a philosopher, but he uses a lot of scientific material in his thought experiments. I particularly liked "Reasons and Persons", which looks at the whole notion of identity and what it is and what it isn't. There's also Oliver Sacks, who is a neuologist, but has some interesting things to say about the nature of the "self" or personal identity. One of the readings from my recent coursework was from "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", actually. (Oliver Sacks is a controversial figure in some circles, but you can read his work and take away what you will from it, pretty much.) Also pretty much anything with V.S. Ramachandran (he's got some TED talks that are fascinating), also a neurologist is dealing with matters both scientific and metaphysical.
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Originally Posted by Richful Maybe if the people who run the University of Metaphysical Science had some credibility they would include some science in their curriculum - especially if they're trying to be professional. |
Oh, it's a common joke in academia that anything that has to put the word "science" on the end isn't really a science. That includes political science, social science, computer science...
(Lest any computer scientists complain, I first heard that observation from a computer scientist, so take it for what you will
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