metaphysics
IPA: mɛtʌfˈɪzɪks
noun
- (philosophy, uncountable) The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (Latin: ens in quantum ens).
- (philosophy, countable) The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.
- (logic, uncountable, by extension from the philosophical sense) The metalogic of physics; the logical framework of physics.
- (uncountable, by extension from the philosophical sense) Any fundamental principles or rules.
- (uncountable) The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
- (uncountable, derogatory) Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.
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Examples of "metaphysics" in Sentences
- Gnoseology is the metaphysics of truth.
- Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.
- Metaphysics deals with the study of the nature of reality.
- He specializes in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion.
- Until then your metaphysics is as valid as mine but no more so.
- Immanuel Kant described metaphysics as the queen of the sciences.
- "If the term metaphysics bothers you, perhaps we should call them mu/aphysics.
- This is what I term the metaphysics of concept, for it is a speculation which consists in juggling with abstract ideas.
- It is in this sense that the "Revue de métaphysique et de morale" (see bibliography) uses the term metaphysics in its title.
- Heidegger sees modern technology as the fulfillment of Western metaphysics, which he characterizes as the metaphysics of presence.
- Undoubtedly Olin Brad was a clever fellow, uncommonly well read in the surface literatures of foreign origin, and had a keen interest in what he called the metaphysics of his own time.
- The term metaphysics, as used by one school of philosophers, is narrowed down to mean the science of mental phenomena and of the laws of mind, In this sense, it is employed, for instance, by Hamilton
- This use of the term metaphysics is unfortunate because it rests on Descartes's false assumption that the method in metaphysics is subjective, in other words, that all the conclusions of metaphysics are based on the study of subjective, or mental, phenemona.
- This is less conspicuous in other countries, but in India it is habitually assumed that the study of what we call metaphysics or theology needs some kind of physical discipline and it will be well to elucidate this point before describing the beginnings of speculation.
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