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met·a·phys·i·cal
/ ˌmetəˈfizikəl/
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adj.
1.
of or relating to metaphysics:
the essentially metaphysical question of the nature of the mind.
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based on abstract (typically, excessively abstract) reasoning:
an empiricist rather than a metaphysical view of law.
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transcending physical matter or the laws of nature:
Good and Evil are inextricably linked in a metaphysical battle across space and time.
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of or characteristic of the metaphysical poets.
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n.
(the Metaphysicals)
the metaphysical poets.
DERIVATIVES:
met·a·phys·i·cal·ly
/ -ik(ə)lē/ adv.
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Metaphysics and Its Task: The Search for the Categorial Foundation of Knowledge.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; GRACIA, Jorge, E. Metaphysics and Its Task: The Search for the...introduction to Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics that `he who undertakes to judge or, more, to construct a system of metaphysics must satisfy the demands here made...
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METAPHYSICS IN DOGEN.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; It is my hypothesis that metaphysics is an overlooked but fruitful category...essay introduces a definition of metaphysics that, although drawn from the...then argues for the legitimacy of metaphysics as an interpretative tool for the...
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How is metaphysics as a science possible? Kant on the distinction between philosophical and mathematical method.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 12/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; I METAPHYSICS AS A SCIENCE AND THE ANALYTIC-SYNTHETIC...loosely to be called Leibnizian-Wolffian metaphysics; but he became increasingly more skeptical...the possibility of reconciling this metaphysics with the exact sciences of his day...
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VERENDLICHUNG (FINITIZATION): THE OVERCOMING OF METAPHYSICS WITH LIFE
Magazine article from: Philosophy Today; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...with Heidegger means that we must still concern ourselves with the task of overcoming metaphysics. What is metaphysics? From Heidegger, we know that metaphysics consists in a persistent confusion between beings and being. If we want to overcome...
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THE POSSIBILITY OF METAPHYSICS: SUBSTANCE, IDENTITY, AND TIME.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Philosophical Review; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; THE POSSIBILITY OF METAPHYSICS: SUBSTANCE, IDENTITY, AND TIME...In case you hadn't noticed, metaphysics is mounting a comeback. After decades...of mind, requires delving into metaphysics. Questions about the nature of...
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A program for "naturalizing" metaphysics, with application to the ontology of events.(Essay)
Magazine article from: The Monist; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; 1. Metaphysics and Cognitive Science I wish to advance a certain program for doing metaphysics, a program in which cognitive science would...ingredient is absent from most contemporary metaphysics. There are one or two local parts of metaphysics...
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Papal metaphysics. (Pope John Paul II's emphasis on metaphysics in Catholic education) (editorial)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 9/26/1987; ; 700+ words
; Papal Metaphysics I wonder if a pious unbeliever, who...New Orleans for greater emphasis on metaphysics. I was charmed by it and felt myself...does show where an undue emphasis on metaphysics can lead even as compassionate a Catholic...
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Loptson, Peter. Reality: Fundamental Topics in Metaphysics.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...very heart of philosophical inquiry, metaphysics has, at least since the time of Hume...first half of the twentieth century "metaphysics" seemed to have become, in many quarters...renaissance over recent years and so has their metaphysics. Within contemporary English-speaking...
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The Possibility of Metaphysics: Substance, Identity, and Time.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; LOWE, E. J. The Possibility of Metaphysics: Substance, Identity, and Time...viii + 275 pp. Cloth, $65.00--Metaphysics is enjoying an increasing popularity...E. J. Lowe's The Possibility of Metaphysics. Lowe's title calls to mind the critical...
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From metaphysics to moral philosophy
Magazine article from: Philosophy Today; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...position concerning the use of the terms "metaphysics" and "moral philosophy," and their...commitment stems from the way the term "metaphysics" was used by the founders of the journal...worthy of the name. In this sense, "metaphysics" was simply equivalent to antipositivism...
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Metaphysics: Ancient and Medieval
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Metaphysics: Ancient and Medieval In the early twenty-first century metaphysics is a term used fairly loosely to describe philosophical...was great debate about what was the subject of metaphysics, and that controversy had ancient roots. What...
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Metaphysics
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Metaphysics The term metaphysics refers to the study of things that are removed from sense perception. Modern metaphysics studies the kind of things that exist and the way they exist. In the dialogue of science and religion, metaphysics, science...
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metaphysics
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
metaphysics , branch of philosophy concerned with the...nature of existence. It perpetuates the Metaphysics of Aristotle, a collection of treatises placed after the Physics [Gr. metaphysics =after physics ] and treating what Aristotle...
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Metaphysics: Renaissance to the Present
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Metaphysics: Renaissance to the Present Metaphysics, in its most basic sense, is an account of what exists...x2013; 1617) is notable for offering a definition of metaphysics as the science of being qua being, which distinguishes...
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metaphysic
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
metaphysic sb. XIV. —...earlier n. pl. (repr. by metaphysics XVI) — medGr...PHYSIC(S) ). So metaphysic adj. XVI, metaphysical...metaphysician XVI. Aristotle 's Metaphysics followed in the received...
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