Aug 21, 2015 · 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 …

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 …

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

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 …

Apr 15, 2025 · Whereas metaphysics (in my understanding) is the study of that "beyond physics", i.e. that which is said to deal with things outside of perception, consciousness and perhaps evidence, …

Mar 24, 2023 · Metaphysics is a philosophical investigation into the causes of the material world, or into its intrinsic nature. For example, it's all well-and-good to talk about the effects of gravity as natural …

Jun 24, 2025 · I mean the laws of logic also apply to metaphysics. But what are other axioms which apply to metaphysics or are purely metaphysical? Or are there none?

Dec 5, 2024 · The determinism-randomness dilemma has been discussed a lot both on this forum and in philosophy as a whole. What I was trying to get at here is that the concept of Libertarian Free Will, …

Jun 3, 2025 · Kant seems to distinguish between transcendental philosophy (a critique of pure reason) and philosophy more generally (metaphysics). Is he distinguishing between metaphysics as it exists …

Mar 22, 2018 · Metaphysics is one of the broadest branches in philosophy, with questions about the nature of the world, with sub-branches within it such as ontology, epistemology and more. I'd like to …