Please explain to a beginner: what is metaphysics?
2015年8月21日 · As philosophy means love of wisdom, and metaphysics is wholly incapable of providing it, metaphysics cannot be philosophy, and this no matter what Wikipedia or junior college philosophy courses may suggest to the contrary. "Metaphysics" is not a term which either Plato or Aristotle used. It originated with Andronicus of Rhodes (~150CE).
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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 are some real-life applications of metaphysics?
2016年5月18日 · The undertaking of this present work [of metaphysics] is to outline a theory so comprehensive that, for a long time to come, the entire work of human reason, in philosophy of every school and kind, in mathematics, in psychology, in physical science, in history, in sociology, and in whatever department there may be, shall appear as the filling ...
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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?"
Are the laws of physics brute facts or metaphysical necessities?
2024年11月5日 · Metaphysical necessity: In philosophy, metaphysical necessity, sometimes called broad logical necessity, is one of many different kinds of necessity, which sits between logical necessity and nomological (or physical) necessity, in the sense that logical necessity entails metaphysical necessity, but not vice versa, and metaphysical necessity ...
metaphysics - When I say "I" what am I referring to? Mind ...
2024年11月11日 · Hello and welcome to this site. This site is dedicated to asking about works and writings of philosophy mainly, not "philosophic questions". Natural language is ambiguous, so words can take multiple meanings. In general it cannot be known for sure what a speaker means unless the speaker reveals what they meant.
What is the difference between metaphysics and ontology?
That is why atheist thinkers do not go for metaphysics and ontology and all kinds of philosophy, they just keep on insisting that material things are the only somethings to study for man. But even the science of physics which is a material investigation of the ultimate particles and origin of the (material) universe is today cognizant of the ...
What is the nature of reality? Metaphysics: so the answer will …
2024年2月21日 · Metaphysics is an old term, totally overladen with speculations and claims from millenia of philosophy. In order to change the term into small but valid coin: The best insight into reality is the standard model of cosmology. It spans the frame in the dimensions of space and time. It clarifies that the universe exists the longest time without ...
Is the principle of physical causal closure falsifiable?
2024年12月5日 · Physical causal closure is a metaphysical theory about the nature of causation in the physical realm with significant ramifications in the study of metaphysics and the mind. In a strongly stated version, physical causal closure says that "all physical states have pure physical causes" — Jaegwon Kim, or that "physical effects have only ...
Inquiry Regarding Consciousness and Subjective Experience
2024年11月12日 · @HameedAhmed -- I fully understand the theory that I am my mind not my body. If all aspects of my body were to fail, as Steven Hawking's body failed, I could still engage the questions of philosophy, science, engineering, etc that are in many cases foci of my life. However, I am also embodied, and enjoying the process of doing things is ...