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- Please explain to a beginner: what is metaphysics?
Metaphysics is the branch of thinking about what may exist, but we're not sure Many phenomena had first an explanation on the metaphysics realm (also called mythology by some, though mythology is more about the three realms at the same time); only later science described those phenomena in terms of known causes and quantities
- 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 what things exist in the world An ontology posits which entities exist in the world
- 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 between different kinds of being, where some things with being might not exist
- What are some real-life applications of metaphysics?
How has metaphysics impacted the real-world, if at all? The difference between these two questions becomes clear if we consider another example An enumeration of the 'real-world applications' of music might include prenatal music therapy, whereas the impact of music on the world is so much broader than any single 'application' that it would
- Newest metaphysics Questions - Philosophy Stack Exchange
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the essence of things, of the fundamental nature of being and the world and the principles that organize the universe Metaphysics is supposed to answer the question "What is the nature of reality?"
- metaphysics - Is 4D space metaphysically possible? - Philosophy Stack . . .
Then metaphysics means „first science“, comprising logic and ontology „First“ because it is considered the basis of all other specific science Contrary to Aristotle, I am sceptical that one can base science on an armchair concept of space, or on a concept from everyday experience
- metaphysics - What is the definition of real? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
What is the definition of the word quot;real quot;? For example, we can all agree that Harry Potter and unicorns are not real, while Mount Everest and Mars are real Some people even say conscious
- metaphysics - What is the purpose of answers to metaphysical questions . . .
Metaphysics has no utility in this sense and I challenge anyone on this site to provide an obvious counter example that doesn’t trot out some clap trap about ‘understanding’ Pace Logical Positivism, I think the significance of what you might call “the social utility of representation” is however, hopelessly over looked
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