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Please explain to a beginner: what is metaphysics?
Metaphysics is the branch of thinking about what may exist, but we're not sure. Many phenomena had first an explanation on the metaphysics realm (also called mythology by some, though mythology is more about the three realms at the same time); only later science described those phenomena in terms of known causes and quantities.
What is the difference between metaphysics and ontology?
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 exist in the world. An ontology posits which entities exist in the world.
metaphysics - How do mathematical realists explain the applicability ...
Suppose the opposite: mathematics doesn't describe physics. So how do we express our understanding of physics? Either it's [something else], which would shift your question to asking about [something else] instead of mathematics; or it's nothing, at which point we can't express our understanding of physics, because we have nothing to expre
metaphysics - Can all truths be scientifically verified? - Philosophy ...
You don't even need to deep dive into metaphysics or science philosophy or whatever that alleged caricature of science folks in the question do for fun and giggles. When me and anonymised scientist number two split the last two pieces of pizza yesterday evening...
metaphysics - Mathematical Platonism. Are numbers real? - Philosophy ...
Math is not physics. Math and numbers are part of metaphysics, that is, beyond physics, that is, imaginary, that is, not real. Forces depend on change, which requires of memory and reason, which are subjective, that is, imaginary. Don't take science for granted.
metaphysics - How to understand Prime matter? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
See unmoved mover: Aristotle, according to whom all matter exists in some form. There is no prime matter or pure elements, there is always a mixture: a ratio weighing the four potential combinations of primary and secondary properties and analysed into discrete one-step and two-step abstract transmutations between the elements.
metaphysics - What is the difference between naturalism and materialism ...
I'm not sure this is the best term to use here, since metaphysics in philosophy isn't about merely a "beyond-physical" world, but things like identity, properties, causality, etc., which a physical worldview would be fine with.
metaphysics - What does Pirsig mean by "Quality"? - Philosophy Stack ...
Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality gets to some recurrent questions that philosophy has encountered in a variety conundrums. In the following discussion I use signs to stand for any empirically observable language such as spoken, written or signed languages.
metaphysics - Negation of "I think therefore I am"? - Philosophy Stack ...
This statement is "a formulation that does not expressly appear in the Meditations", see SEP.Descartes comes closest in a reply to Mersenne, but "consistently blurs the distinction between inferences and propositions":"When someone says 'I am thinking, therefore I am, or I exist', he does not deduce existence from thought by means of a syllogism, but recognizes it as something self-evident by ...
metaphysics - Does physical reality exist without an observer ...
This question also considers principles of quantum physics. When electrons or any other subatomic particles are "observed" or "measured", their wavefunction collapses to a certain
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