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1. a. The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things or reality, including questions about being, substance, time and space, causation, change, and identity (which are presupposed in the special sciences but do not belong to any one of them); theoretical philosophy as the ultimate science of being and knowing.
b. The study of phenomena beyond the scope of scientific inquiry; spec. = PNEUMATOLOGY n. 1. Obs.
c. Questions of metaphysics as they relate to a specified subject or phenomenon; the underlying concepts or first principles on which a particular branch of knowledge is based. Usu. with of.
d. Philos. Used by logical positivists and some other linguistic philosophers for: any proposition or set of propositions of a speculative nature, considered to be meaningless because not empirically verifiable.
2. Any abstruse, confusing, or (deliberately) deceptive form of reasoning or discussion; abstract talk with no basis in or relevance to reality.
Originally posted by Acidtastic
Just asking the question,cos i don't know the answer. Is it to do with the innerself and inner conciousness,and the exploration of therein?
Originally posted by SystemResistor
I guess we could have separate forms for:
Psychology
and Linguistics
Philosophy
and Spirituality
Psuedo-Science and Crackpotology
Metaphysics is an older teminology, from a time where scientific understanding was limited enough to be able to lend credibility to those in the last category. Or perhaps, we simply wanted the scientific community to discredit us, so that we could evade the eye of public scrutiny.edit on 24-5-2011 by SystemResistor because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SystemResistor
reply to post by EarthCitizen07
The cool part is, is that you already know about those things, and you can continue to discuss them with like-minded individuals on forums such as these, shielded by the veil of ridicule.
Originally posted by RRokkyy
Originally posted by Acidtastic
Just asking the question,cos i don't know the answer. Is it to do with the innerself and inner conciousness,and the exploration of therein?
Metaphysics is not a branch of philosophy.
Philosophy is a contraction of energy in the mind.
Metaphysics is Reality or what is beyond the contraction of energy
in the mind.
Metaphysics is Non Duality or transcendence of the Ego Self.
It cannot be known, only lived.