Metaphysics
What is our place in the universe?
Religion
Religion similar to Cosmology uses a means of studying the universe as a way of getting getting answers, but through a perspective that there are beings greater then our own that have made us and everything. This again is another way to find your place.
Hofweber explains the being of figure and fact. Which can connect to ones connection with religion, and being in favour of a god.
It is believed that the world was created with us in mind and therefore we are special in holding a significance in the world. Where as with us is material.
Time
Knowing where in time we are living in through the universe is by understanding its past and future, therefore knowing what now is currently occurring, is a a great tool to understand our place in it.
Cosmology
When we create these origins for ourselves it becomes prevalent where everything stands, and how each thing biotic, or abiotic interacts
Tying in a bit with time cosmology gets you to study the universe and its origins. Knowing how the universe was created allows us to come to terms with a placement to deem ourselves in this universe.
It is hard to find one place of belonging in the universe if not for direction as many have found
Do we have free will?
What is consciousness?
Does the world even exist?
Why is there something, rather than nothing?
Mind
Taking into consideration that the mind could be a physical occurrence be it not to the naked eye would minimalize an answer to what consciousness is, by removing the idea of it being a out of body experience.
A Patient missing the right half of their brain continues to utilize the half that they're not conscious of
The mind is used to process the information that is obtained externally, and internally
Consciousness
By knowing your consciousness exists you can deduct your answer from obscurity as is no longer an answer that has something to do with outer-worldly ideas.
The popular "Big Brain meme" reflects the process of consciousness of the mind and reflect the capabilities of consciousness vs subconsciousness.
The concept of consciousness is an abstract idea created by the mind. It must be fundamentally considered when asking this metaphysical question
Abstract Object
Identifying your own mind as a abstract object allows you to come up with the idea that your answers of the consciousness is bounded to your own thoughts. As the thoughts create the projection of what it thinks of its one self, it finds no answer.
The object of consciousness exists as an abstract due to the lack of factual evidence of its existence.
Necessity
Using the thought that its necessity for the world existing creates a safety barrier. To come up with answers outside the barrier is something that must not try to be done as it will cause someone to lose a human characteristic that allows us to function in society.
The world needs to exist in order for people to exist.
existence
You exist, therefore where you stand must also exist as it is self-evident
A way of finding an answer in this question is looking inside of ones person. As seeing that you can think of your own accord gives some line of proof that the world exists
In the given video of the astronauts communicating with The Pope they questioned on how it is to be in space. The hard evidence of the world existing in front of them being the view of earth and all the space existing around it.
Change
The changes you, all other people, and just the world make also create a barrier of answers that you can make. By knowing that change can happen with in the blink of an eye then the world must exist for. If the world changes then it must exist.
Existing as Adrian over time, I can reflect on how I behaved during elementary school, and the change that has occured to me since
Cosmology
Looking at the origins of our world help us find an answer with this question. By seeing the creation of the universe see how thing are existing in the process.
Depicted is the first picture taken of a black hole. though it appears there is nothing in the center, it is a extremely condensed mass that not even light can escape.
The abstraction giving thought to the physical sense, when stars are studied their bodies are documented
Identity
Through the eyes of you and others we see why there are things every day, so seeing how there could be nothing using your lens is impossible.
For example exclaiming that there is nothing in your hands, when in realty there is air everywhere that fills very space
Possibility
Seeing that there are possibilities for things to exist and not exist, there can be thoughts that if there was a possibility for there to be nothing in the beginning then there would still be nothing now
As Kraby discusses in his article, we must have an explanation for everything as we cannot settle with none. Without an explanation there is no story.
one may believe nothing exists in a different world, different scenerio. though who would there be to discuss such a world if there is none to share it
Determinism
Using this train of thought will lead you to believe that you do not have free will as your destined along a certain path.
Aperture provides a perspective that brain chemistry is directly related with decision making. He claims that the idea of free will is simply conjecture
Due to the nature of this abstract we set our own paths from the very beginning, and our pat actions determine the predestined path that is created for us. coming from nomological determinism.
Laplace's Demon considers that same theory of the past and present creating the way of the future
Free will
we can determine that through our actions we create our own path of our will, while others may believe that the path is chosen you only have to decide on which one to take. I believe compatibilism does not truly dignify the purpose and meaning of free will.
To question the very actions you take and each metaphysical question that is asked can determine if one truly has free will.
Consciousness
Your consciousness can be a major factor in deciding whether you do or do not. By looking at your life and even others you can determine if its been you that making these decisions or if there is something around your life that is in control of it.
I'd like to make reference again to Aperture, where as they discussed decision being chemically based, and not by our will as you would make the same choice to choose the banana every time.