metaphysics
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- /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪks/
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metafísica
- Metaphysics explores fundamental questions about existence and the nature of reality.
- the Metaphysics of Morals
- Aristotle's Metaphysics
- Discourse on Metaphysics
You're no longer doing metaphysics as a science.
- You're no longer doing metaphysics as a science.
- Now this is not this is philosophy, this is metaphysics.
- And then we have The Actual Metaphysics of Morals.
- One of the laws of physics and metaphysics is form resists change.
- You said psychology and then you corrected yourself and said no metaphysics.
- I think the first line of of, of a, of a metaphysics is familiar with all men desire to know.
Examples
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For the first half of the course, we've been engaged in metaphysics, broadly speaking.
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And yeah, I mean, the metaphysics of consciousness is notoriously controversial and hard to pin down.
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And metaphysics is, is about saying what a thing is and what sort of thing it is.
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And so we're going to talk about metaphysics and absurdity.
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There's a fundamental metaphysics of form and matter.
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In book 4 of the Metaphysics, we sense a certain exasperation to his criticism.
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In the first sentence of his Metaphysics, Aristotle tells us that everyone "by nature" desires to know (980a22).
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Metaphysics is, finally, the recollection and redemption of history, and the rectification of injustice.
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Another was carrying a paperback book by Immanuel Kant titled The Prolegomena to Any Further Metaphysics.
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The study of metaphysics can help us understand concepts such as time, space, and causality.
Synonyms
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Part of philosophy that studies the basic nature of reality and existence
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Etymology
Metaphysics comes from Greek parts meta- meaning 'beyond' and physics meaning 'nature' or the study of the physical world. It was first used because some writings came 'after' Aristotle's book called Physics, and today metaphysics means the study of what is 'beyond' physical things, like existence and reality.