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Please explain to a beginner: what is metaphysics? Heidegger once delivered a famous lecture called "What Is Metaphysics " After he finished and a baffled silence a student raised his hand "But Professor Heidegger," he asked, "what is metaphysics?" To which Heidegger responded, "That is a very good question " To this old wives tale I'd add the suggestion that the answer also changes, because "physics" changes
What is the difference between the spiritual and the metaphysical According to this (old) page, metaphysics is the study of things beyond anything humans can perceive Because of this fact, metaphysics is relatively faith-based discipline and, compared to science,
metaphysics - What is the criteria for a metaphysical truths . . . Metaphysical truths are usually truths that predicate the "true being", if one believes in such a thing So to Plato existence of the ideal realm is a metaphysical truth, and to Aristotle of the unmoved mover, to Christians God and angels, etc Necessity and universality are neither necessary nor sufficient
What is the difference between metaphysics and ontology? So, a metaphysical conclusion we can draw from this is: "The world is such that matter is governed by physical laws " This is a metaphysical conclusion because it describes a way that reality is - laws are a property of reality (and further, reality is the kind of reality that can have laws)
metaphilosophy - When does metaphysics stop being speculation . . . I only try to answer your headline question: When does metaphysics stop being speculation? According to the philosophy of Critical Rationalism, metaphysics stops being speculation exactly at the point when its speculations become testable Testable means that we can confirm or falsify the metaphysical thesis Note: To confirm does not mean to prove
Is there really such a thing as metaphysical necessity? Metaphysical necessity is a question on which philosophers continue to disagree Our use of language contains a great deal of modal terminology We say that some things are necessary, some are possible, some propositions are true but only contingently, some things are true but might have been otherwise, etc Modal talk is ubiquitous and significant and comes in many varieties Scientists also
Are there really concepts to which our mind is really precluded? Concepts are man-made Hence an existing concept cannot be precluded to our mind Of course the concept can be contradictory or useless, but it has been invented by human minds A different question is: Are there phenomena in our universe where we lack concepts which pose the right questions to investigate and explain the phenomena An example of the first point could be the theological
Is the Concept of Identity a Necessary Illusion? [closed] Throughout the history of philosophy, personal identity has been a central topic in metaphysical and epistemological thought From Descartes' notion of the self as the foundation of thought to the critiques of Hume and Buddhism, which see the self as a mere aggregation of perceptions, the question of what (or who) we are remains open