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Metaphysics FoundationDiploma Course

The Metaphysics Foundation Diploma Course offers you the opportunity to study the philosophical relation between abstract matters such as space, time, identity and being.

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What Will You Learn?

The course begins with an introduction to metaphysics. You’ll explore its connection to physics before looking at the discipline in further detail. Metaphysics is all about discovering what reality is. To give you further insight into this you’ll learn about the ‘structure of reality’. From here you’ll become familiar with the central questions asked in metaphysics, such as: What is existence? What is ‘identity’? What are space and time?

Studying the Metaphysics Foundation Diploma Course, you’ll explore cosmology, with examples from philosophers, astronomers and religions, along with a major part of metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and the various theories that claim to explain how our minds work in relation to our bodies and the wider world. The course also covers free will, asking important questions on the topic: Does it exist? Or are we pre-determined to do what we do? Do we really have free choice? Discover what various theories have to say.

You’ll delve into the relationship between metaphysics and science, as the course asks whether they are compatible or not and if they can work together. The course also considers whether metaphysics is really valid, and explores the ideas of thinkers who support metaphysics, and those who think it can’t be used to understand reality.

Along with covering the questions that metaphysics asks, you’ll also be guided through the history of this form of philosophy. You’ll explore the thoughts of Western philosophers, such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, along with modern philosophers, rationalism, and analytical philosophy. The Metaphysics Foundation Diploma Course also considers Eastern philosophy, as you look at classical Chinese, African, Indian and Buddhist metaphysical ideas.

The course rounds out with a short selection of other theories in metaphysics. These include feminist metaphysics, various types of solipsism and more ‘theisms’ than you can count!

The Metaphysics Foundation Diploma Course is perfect for you if you like to think deeper, ask the big questions, expand your wisdom, and understand your place in this existence. Students of our Philosophy Diploma Course or similar courses will enjoy broadening their knowledge on the topic of philosophy but total beginners to this area of study are catered for, as the subject is covered from the ground up.

Introduction
Part 1: What is Metaphysics?
Part 2: The Discipline of Metaphysics
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Part 1: What is Existence?
Part 2: What is Identity?
Part 3: The Concept of Space and Time in Metaphysics
Part 4: The Logical Phenomenon of Cause and Effect
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Part 1: Physical Cosmology
Part 2: Religious Cosmology
Part 3: Philosophical Cosmology and the Big Bang Theory
Part 4: The Difference Between Cosmology and Cosmogony
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Part 1: Philosophy of Mind
Part 2: Materialistic Monism and Type Identity Theory
Part 3: Other Theories
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Part 1: The ‘Problem of Free Will’ and Determinism
Part 2: Libertarianism
Part 3: Ethics
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Part 1: The Split of Science and Philosophy in the 18th Century
Part 2: Scientific Theorising
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Part 1: David Hume
Part 2: Immanuel Kant
Part 3: Other Thinkers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment

Part 1: Ancient Greece
Part 2: Rationalism
Part 3: Early and Contemporary Analytical Philosophy
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment

Part 1: Prehistory, Ancient Societies and Classical Chinese Metaphysics
Part 2: Classical African Metaphysics
Part 3: Classical Indian Metaphysics and Buddhist Metaphysics
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment

Part 1: Feminist Metaphysics
Part 2: Solipsism
Part 3: ‘Theisms’
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 10 Assessment

The Metaphysics Foundation Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

Many Centre of Excellence courses are Fully Accredited by the world’s leading professional membership association for natural medicine – The Complementary Medical Association (The CMA).

You can apply to join The CMA as a Student Member while you are still studying, and if you do so, you will be eligible to use the post-nominal letters CMA after your name.

Upon graduation from a qualifying course, you will be eligible to apply for CMA Membership, and this will give you numerous professional benefits, including being able to use the letters MCMA after your name – Member of The Complementary Medical Association. This will demonstrate your commitment to excellence and professionalism in the natural healthcare field.

Register with The CMA as a Student or fully qualified Practitioner via the CMA website. You will be asked to submit your certificate of graduation and proof of insurance.

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This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

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