Aug 21, 2015 · 9 I agree that to define metaphysics as the study of the "nature of reality" is completely inadequate. It is a shallow definition, misleading, arguably circular. You leave us …

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 …

May 30, 2020 · Metaphysics can be understood as dealing with what is common in the (empirical) sciences in a generalizing manner. Whereas biology deals with objects like cells, physics with …

Dec 8, 2024 · The definition is -- asserted in principle, but fleshing out would have to be done in the future. A definition of physicality that'll account for the history of physics, the changes on …

Nov 25, 2023 · What is the definition of the word "real"? For example, we can all agree that Harry Potter and unicorns are not real, while Mount Everest and Mars are real. Some …

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 …

So if a certain definition is subjective, as in, different people would have different understandings of that definition based on their own personal assumptions and beliefs, that won't be an object?

Aug 18, 2022 · In the Aristotle-Aquinas tradition prime matter is the thing that underlies all material things. It is described as completely indeterminate-pure potentiality. Aristotle held that …

Dec 8, 2025 · In the Summa theologiae (1267–73), Aquinas defines motion as nothing else than the reduction of something from potency to act. With that being said, how come Aquinas …

Existence: I've never really seen this defined, and contemporary analytic metaphysics tends to make no distinction between existing and being. The Meinongians famously distinguished …