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Introduction to Metaphysics

Posted on June 3, 2013June 1, 2025 by Br. Dunstan Robidoux, OSB

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This paper was prepared as an initial introduction for persons who are unfamiliar with the nature and purpose of metaphysics as a scientific discipline.

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