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, …

May 30, 2020 · According to this (old) page, metaphysics is the study of things beyond anything humans can perceive. Because of this fact, metaphysics is relatively faith-based discipline …

Sep 1, 2016 · Metaphysical truths are usually truths that predicate the "true being", if one believes in such a thing. So to Plato existence of the ideal realm is a metaphysical truth, and to Aristotle …

Mar 22, 2018 · I only try to answer your headline question: When does metaphysics stop being speculation? According to the philosophy of Critical Rationalism, metaphysics stops being …

Dec 8, 2024 · Note here that metaphysical does not mean of a religious nature but really the theoretical fundamentals of a theory of the natural world. Is that definition clear enough to …

Jul 10, 2023 · Metaphysical physicalism simply asserts that what there is, and all there is, is physical stuff and its relations. Linguistic physicalism is the thesis that everything physical can …

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.

Jun 15, 2025 · Philosophers often distinguish between different types of modality—logical, metaphysical, physical, epistemic, etc. Logical possibility is usually treated as the broadest …

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 …

Mar 25, 2023 · Metaphysical realism maintains that "whatever exists does so, and has the properties and relations it does, independently of deriving its existence or nature from being …