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  1. Please explain to a beginner: what is metaphysics?

    Aug 21, 2015 · 7 Metaphysics is the title of a collection of lectures by Aristotle. The name is not by Aristotle but due to a later librarian who edited all scriptures of Aristotle. The librarian arranged …

  2. What is the difference between metaphysics and ontology?

    Metaphysics is a very broad field, and metaphysicians attempt to answer questions about how the world is. Ontology is a related sub-field, partially within metaphysics, that answers questions of …

  3. metaphysics - Distinction between 'essence','substance', 'being ...

    Existence: I've never really seen this defined, and contemporary analytic metaphysics tends to make no distinction between existing and being. The Meinongians famously distinguished …

  4. What are some real-life applications of metaphysics?

    Mar 11, 2016 · Metaphysics seems to be a field that is almost purely abstract. However, I am also interested in knowing how metaphysics has impacted the real world, if at all.

  5. metaphysics - What is the difference between the spiritual and the ...

    May 30, 2020 · Metaphysics can be understood as dealing with what is common in the (empirical) sciences in a generalizing manner. Whereas biology deals with objects like cells, physics with …

  6. metaphysics - What does Pirsig mean by "Quality"? - Philosophy …

    Dec 18, 2015 · Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality gets to some recurrent questions that philosophy has encountered in a variety conundrums. In the following discussion I use signs to stand for …

  7. metaphysics - What is the difference between naturalism and …

    What is the difference between naturalism and materialism, if any? I see definitions of naturalism that say, in effect, it is the belief that there is no supernatural. But what is the supernatural

  8. metaphysics - Fatalism vs Determinism vs Free-Will - Philosophy …

    Jul 9, 2023 · I understand that this is a bit simplistic, and would require a broad survey of at least Physics, Metaphysics, and Math to really fully motivate. Either way, doesn’t debate about free …

  9. metaphysics - Metaphysicist or Metaphysician? - Philosophy Stack …

    Feb 26, 2020 · Instead metaphysics is a 'discpline' of inquiry originating in Aristotle's Metaphysics and bears its name mainly due to that circumstance and maybe the fact that it deals with …

  10. metaphysics - Can all truths be scientifically verified? - Philosophy ...

    Sep 14, 2024 · metaphysics philosophy-of-science philosophy-of-mathematics truth Improve this question edited Sep 24, 2024 at 1:07 Julius Hamilton