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Metaphysics investigates principles of reality transcending those of any particular science. Cosmology and ontology are traditional branches of metaphysics. It is concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world. Someone who studies metaphysics would be called either a "metaphysician" or a "metaphysicist". The word derives from the Greek words μετά (metá) (meaning "beyond" or "after") and φυσικά (physiká) (meaning "physical"), "physical" referring to those works on matter by Aristotle in antiquity. The prefix meta- ("beyond") was attached to the chapters in Aristotle's work that physically followed after the chapters on "physics", in posthumously edited collections. Aristotle himself did not call these works Metaphysics. Aristotle called some of the subjects treated there "first philosophy". A central branch of metaphysics is ontology, the investigation into what types of things there are in the world and what relations these things bear to one another. The metaphysician also attempts to clarify the notions by which people understand the world, including existence, objecthood, property, space, time, causality, and possibility. Before the development of modern science, scientific questions were addressed as a part of metaphysics known as "natural philosophy"; the term "science" itself meant "knowledge" of epistemological origin. The scientific method, however, made natural philosophy an empirical and experimental activity unlike the rest of philosophy, and by the end of the eighteenth century it had begun to be called "science" in order to distinguish it from philosophy. Thereafter, metaphysics became the philosophical enquiry of a non-empirical character into the nature of existence. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What are some GREAT books and movies for understanding metaphysics and embracing it? Q. I'm obsessed with this idea of metaphysics and I've been involved in personal growth for about 2 years now. I want to lose the ego, the self and embrace the idea that the material world is simply an illusion. Asked by Jack Miller - Wed May 6 20:02:05 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. does that oraganite stuff make plants grow bigger. Answered by pict - Wed May 6 20:12:59 2009 What can I do with a degree in metaphysics? Q. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy. It is the branch of philosophy asking "what exists?" What entities form this universe? Metaphysical studies can concern difficult, perhaps unanswerable, questions bordering theology. Ayer, (1971) used the term "transcendent metaphysics" for proposals of existence beyond the observable universe. Like Kant, he denied them a part in logic. As used here, metaphysics includes any suggestion that something, not immediately obvious, does exist. Asked by lalahappybunny - Tue May 30 21:05:40 2006 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. Well as a metaphysician, you can theorize about the job that is not immediately obvious to us, but does exist. But alas we are bound by the state of the job market to satisfy our immediate and base needs (food, shelter, clothes, transportation, et al.). You can always attempt graduate school, and a PhD. As a professor, you may not make a difference in the lives of your students, but you will have the opportunity to delve deeper in your understanding of the unobserved universe. You may even write, becoming the first truly brilliant philosopher since W.V. Quine. Or you could do as I did, and get an MBA, earn 6 figures, and enjoy the blank stares that people give you when you offer this quote from Kierkegaard, "People demand freedom of… [cont.] Answered by Cato_I - Wed May 31 00:26:27 2006 what is the question thats trying to e answered for metaphysics nature of reality?
Q. i'm not sure what the question is but i know that philosophers try to answere it like aristotle used the 4 causes plato something about dualistic theary those i get i just need to know the question now. If any body could help that would be great. Its for a term paper. Asked by Diane K - Fri May 2 09:57:53 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. "Above all we must consider and apply ourselves to the question (7.) whether there is any other cause per se besides matter, and if so whether it is dissociable from matter, and whether it is numerically one or several; and whether there is anything apart from the concrete thing (by the concrete thing I mean matter together with whatever is predicated of it) or nothing; or whether there is in some cases but not in others; and what these cases are.8 " Aristotle: "Metaphysics" The question, in plain English, is what is the definition of "Being"? Nothing in nature or in the mind of man can be explained without first explaining the definition of "Being." Next, what are the "causes" of "Being" , and of "Becoming" which is only predicable… [cont.] Answered by Yaoi Shonen-ai - Fri May 2 10:50:56 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Metaphysics" Quotes about metaphysics This page lacks sufficient introduction or links to Wikipedia. Without such information, it is hard to distinguish this topic from similarly-named topics or to research quotations. You can help Wikiquote by adding it.Sourced
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