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Metaphysics meaning
The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (Latin: ens in quantum ens). | The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is. | The metalogic of physics; the logical framework of physics.
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Although he saw himself as having disposed of metaphysics, in a sense, he has generally been regarded in retrospect as having a metaphysics of his own.
From this, Eddington inferred that a materialistic metaphysics was outmoded and that, in consequence, since the disjunction of materialism or idealism are assumed to be exhaustive, an idealistic metaphysics is required.
He concludes that metaphysics has reached its potential and that the ultimate fate and downfall of metaphysics was proclaimed with the statement God is dead.
Nietzsche thoroughly criticized metaphysics, and by including the will to power in the material world, he would simply be setting up a new metaphysics.
Process metaphysics For Whitehead, metaphysics is about logical frameworks for the conduct of discussions of the character of the world.
There is no simple 'overcoming' of metaphysics or the language of metaphysics.
The Tiantai school, founded by Zhiyi (538–597), JeeLoo Liu, Tian-tai Metaphysics vs. Hua-yan Metaphysics A Comparative Study was the first truly unique Chinese Buddhist philosophical school.
At the last session of the quarter, in the spring of 2011, they discussed Aristotle’s treatise Metaphysics, and what it means to be one—as opposed to more than one.
Kubrick’s film, I rediscovered, as I watched it again, shadowed the subject of ontology and ultimacy, of metaphysics and transcendence, but only obscurely, leaving that heavy lifting, perhaps, for seminary students and their teachers to undertake.
Most are, however, ignorant of the metaphysics of leadership; they equate or even limit great leadership to physical development.
Orphaned, he attended the University of Valencia – a prestigious Medieval school that emphasized dialectic reasoning, metaphysics, debate, and diplomacy.
Pixar takes a bold leap into metaphysics with this family animation set in the afterlife – or is it beforelife?
The book, probably the most concise examination of the multiverse ever conceived, manages a balance of levity and metaphysics that is uncanny.
The meaning of the situation is seemingly unfathomable, until it unfolds itself―of course the metaphysics of a radical political change.
It's more like a personification of the rules of physics or even metaphysics.
The studio's upcoming animated adventure will tackle metaphysics with Pixar's trademark wit, a jazz soundtrack and the voices of Daveed Diggs, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad, Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey.
While it's not the hour+ length of is just as dense on the lyrical front if not more so, with the source material having roots in things like metaphysics, Eastern religion and mythology.
Witness the secular metaphysics of gender identification, which proposes an empirical – and invisible – “reality” that transcends not just social conventions but biological truths – rendering them obsolete artifacts of an oppressive former regime.
Igbo people are deeply religious and their names take root from the profound African philosophy and metaphysics of many epochs.
I really see his thought as a thought of the present, the instant, and grace which has no lineage in western philosophy, so he’s completely in the metaphysics of Bergson, but he’s also embodying philosophy in art – or art is the embodiment of philosophy.