metaphysics is the study of the fundamental nature of reality.

it asks two questions:

ultimately, what is there?

what is it like?

what exists?

what is observable?

existence type

materialism argues that everything is completely physical
idealism argues that everything is completely virtual
materialism and idealism are also called monism

dualism argues that some things can be physical while others can be virtual

existence how

panpsychism argues that
emergentism argues that