On Belief, Knowledge, and Justification

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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

I want to limit the metaphysical to exactly that ... those things which, if they exist at all, can by definition only exist as metaphysical entities. God is one example.

Certainly not; God in most religions has a quite physical existance.

We might say "Well, these things we call moral laws are the result of chemical reactions in the collective brains of a society, and are therefore physical and not metaphysical." This might be true, but if it is, then what we are really saying is that universal moral laws do not exist as such, and only appear to exist.

What that is saying is that universal moral laws are an emergent phenomenon. Which I'd claim is metaphysical.