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The metaphysical view of reality that I support is from a monist position. Monism is believing that everything in the universe is one kind or type. To be more specific, the view within monism that I believe to be true is materialism. This is defined in our textbook The Enduring Questions by Jerry H. Hill as a "belief that reality is composed exclusively of matter and its patterns of organization." In other words, it is …

…where such things as reasoning, emotions, and consciousness take place without any dependence on the brain. However, when we consider what alcohol, drugs, and other emotion-controlling chemicals can do to alter the way we think or feel, it makes sense only if reason, emotion, and consciousness are activities of the brain itself. It doesn't make sense that they would be activities of something else, such as a mind totally seperate and independent from the brain.