Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study of mind-independent features...
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Ontology (redirect from Metaphysics Ontology)
study of being. It is traditionally understood as the subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features of reality. As one of the most fundamental...
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Look up metaphysics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the fundamental nature of being and the world...
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Metaphysics (Greek: τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, "those after the physics"; Latin: Metaphysica) is one of the principal works of Aristotle, in which he develops...
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Modal metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that investigates the metaphysics underlying statements about possible or neccesary statements. Modal logic...
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Metaphysics of presence (German: Metaphysik der Anwesenheit) is a view held by Martin Heidegger in Being and Time that holds the entire history of Western...
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Doctor of Metaphysics (PhD, Ph.D., or DMETA; Latin: Metaphysica doctor or doctor Metaphysica), also called a Metaphysical Science Doctorate, is a purported...
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Philosophy (section Metaphysics)
self-cultivation. Major branches of philosophy are epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Epistemology studies what knowledge is and how to acquire it. Ethics...
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In metaphysics, a universal is what particular things have in common, namely characteristics or qualities. In other words, universals are repeatable or...
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The Metaphysics of Morals (German: Die Metaphysik der Sitten) is a 1797 work of political and moral philosophy by Immanuel Kant. It is also Kant's last...
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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785; German: Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten; also known as the Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Grounding...
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following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to metaphysics: Metaphysics – traditional branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the...
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The history of metaphysics examines how theories about the most general features of reality ("metaphysics") have developed throughout history. Cognitive...
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of free will and determinism which are part of the larger domain of metaphysics. In particular, libertarianism is an incompatibilist position which argues...
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Supernatural (redirect from Metaphysics (beyond natural laws))
extraordinary". Obsolete uses include "of, relating to, or dealing with metaphysics". As a noun, the term can mean "a supernatural being", with a particularly...
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Philosophical realism (redirect from Metaphysical objectivism)
beholder. This includes a number of positions within epistemology and metaphysics which express that a given thing instead exists independently of knowledge...
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The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised...
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"Introduction to Metaphysics" (French: "Introduction à la Métaphysique") is a 1903 essay about the concept of reality by Henri Bergson. For Bergson, reality...
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Cosmology (redirect from Cosmology (metaphysics))
the world' and λογία (logia) 'study of') is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe, the cosmos. The term cosmology...
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The Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ) is a theory of reality introduced in Robert M. Pirsig's philosophical novel, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...
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Feminist metaphysics aims to question how inquiries and answers in the field of metaphysics have supported sexism. Feminist metaphysics overlaps with fields...
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The Review of Metaphysics is a peer-reviewed academic journal of philosophy. It was established by Paul Weiss and the first issue was published in September...
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Introduction to Metaphysics may refer to: Introduction to Metaphysics "Introduction to Metaphysics" (essay), a 1903 essay by Henri Bergson Introduction...
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (redirect from Hegelian metaphysics)
extends across the entire range of contemporary philosophical topics, from metaphysical issues in epistemology and ontology, to political philosophy, the philosophy...
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Medieval philosophy (redirect from Medieval metaphysics)
significant developments in the fields of philosophy of religion, logic, and metaphysics. The high medieval Scholastic period was disparagingly treated by the...
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Idealism (redirect from Metaphysical idealism)
philosophy, also known as philosophical idealism or metaphysical idealism, is the set of metaphysical perspectives asserting that, most fundamentally, reality...
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Baruch Spinoza (redirect from Metaphysics of Baruch Spinoza)
By advocating for individual liberty in its moral, psychological, and metaphysical dimensions, Spinoza helped establish the genre of political writing called...
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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Present Itself as a Science (German: Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik, die als...
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The Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research (IDMR) is an organization founded in 1931 by Henry Clifford Kinley, author of Elohim the Archetype (Original)...
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In Islamic philosophy, Sufi metaphysics is centered on the concept of وحدة, waḥdah, 'unity' or توحيد, tawhid. Two main Sufi philosophies prevail on this...
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