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Please explain to a beginner: what is metaphysics?
Metaphysics is the branch of thinking about what may exist, but we're not sure. Many phenomena had first an explanation on the metaphysics realm (also called mythology by some, though mythology is more about the three realms at the same time); only later science described those phenomena in terms of known causes and quantities.
Newest 'metaphysics' Questions - Philosophy Stack Exchange
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the essence of things, of the fundamental nature of being and the world and the principles that organize the universe. Metaphysics is supposed to answer the question "What is the nature of reality?"
What is the difference between metaphysics and ontology?
Metaphysics is a very broad field, and metaphysicians attempt to answer questions about how the world is. Ontology is a related sub-field, partially within metaphysics, that answers questions of what things exist in the world. An ontology posits which entities exist in the world.
metaphysics - What is the definition of real? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
What is the definition of the word "real"? For example, we can all agree that Harry Potter and unicorns are not real, while Mount Everest and Mars are real. Some people even say conscious...
What are some real-life applications of metaphysics?
How has metaphysics impacted the real-world, if at all? The difference between these two questions becomes clear if we consider another example. An enumeration of the 'real-world applications' of music might include prenatal music therapy, whereas the impact of music on the world is so much broader than any single 'application' that it would ...
metaphysics - Is 4D space metaphysically possible? - Philosophy Stack ...
Then metaphysics means „first science“, comprising logic and ontology. „First“ because it is considered the basis of all other specific science. Contrary to Aristotle, I am sceptical that one can base science on an armchair concept of space, or on a concept from everyday experience.
Is metaphysics necessarily a 'first philosophy'?
Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty-thousand-page menu and no food. When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called a philosophy.
metaphysics - Distinction between 'essence','substance', 'being ...
Existence: I've never really seen this defined, and contemporary analytic metaphysics tends to make no distinction between existing and being. The Meinongians famously distinguished between different kinds of being, where some things with being might not exist.
metaphysics - Can all truths be scientifically verified? - Philosophy ...
You don't even need to deep dive into metaphysics or science philosophy or whatever that alleged caricature of science folks in the question do for fun and giggles. When me and anonymised scientist number two split the last two pieces of pizza yesterday evening...
metaphysics - What does Thomas Aquinas think about the nature of ...
Here is what I was able to find on page 69 of Rahner's book at the Internet Archive: "Knowing does not come about “through a contact of the intellect with the intelligible thing,” but being and knowing are the same: “the intellect and the known and the knowing are the same.”
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