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 the …

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 …

Feb 16, 2025 · The view metaphysics=first philosophy originated from Aristotle and was still supported by Descartes. Modern science, since Galileo and Newton, rejected the idea that "science is subject …

Aug 22, 2022 · See Metaphysics: the science of being (according to Aristotle and his tradition) vs the inquiry about the fundamental problems of reality: Space and Time, Causation, Freedom and …

Feb 21, 2024 · 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.

Dec 23, 2025 · Is treating causality as constitutive of structured actuality a coherent alternative to first-cause metaphysics? Ask Question Asked 1 month ago Modified 1 month ago

Mar 11, 2025 · 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 …

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.

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 …

Mar 14, 2025 · OP: " has any philosopher defined what an entity is? Is it even possible to do so, given how primitive the concept is? " Kant makes a nice distinction in the definition of an entity – a thing – …