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Please explain to a beginner: what is metaphysics?
@jowehler I don't think there is any criterion, beyond the trivial semantic one: metaphysical questions are the questions studied by metaphysicians. Pick up an anthology or a journal and look at how papers are categorized--the questions above are the kind of thing you'll see under the heading "metaphysics". –
epistemology - What exactly is metaphysical possibility? - Philosophy ...
Therefore, we know that (p ∨ ¬p) is metaphysically necessary. Metaphysical possibility is defined in an analogous manner: Definition 5. (Metaphysical possibility m). Formula φ of propositional modal language is metaphysically possible (symbolically: m φ) iff it is true in Carnapian models at some valuation. Example.
Is metaphysics necessarily a 'first philosophy'?
@MauroALLEGRANZA but in some sense, many ‘metaphysical’ questions are indeed very important to conduct science (the mind body problem, the first cause, etc.). Quine put them into epistemology, make them have a relatively more ‘horizontal’ relation with other disciplines, make them use more scientific method and results, which is fine.
What is the purpose of answers to metaphysical questions?
A few philosophers that I've read have made a distinction that seems to get lost here, the distinction between using empirical evidence and the scientific method. As one example: CS Lewis in Mere Christianity uses the example of certain personal experiences that we all share and tries to extrapolate metaphysical concepts about right and wrong ...
epistemology - Metaphysical Impossibility Vs Logical Impossibility ...
Metaphysical necessity, possibility, and impossibility, were basically invented by Kripke as an effort to patch rationality in the face of the realization of the radical contingency of our world. A contingent world is only explorable through empiricism, not reasoning from logical necessities and impossibilities and reasoning is of little use to ...
Newest 'metaphysics' Questions - Philosophy Stack Exchange
A metaphysical philosophy of health problems explores the nature of illness and disease beyond the purely physical realm, considering concepts like the mind-body connection, the role of spiritual ... metaphysics
categorization - What is metaphysics in relation to language ...
Re your "To say that you have a sandwich in the fridge, or to say that there is a prime number less than 10 etc. is to make what is fundamentally a metaphysical statement, a statement about being.", being is perhaps an uttermost important term in philosophy like the real clamor of a potlatch party while it seems I'm only told a second-hand mundane story of such a party from your above ...
When choosing between competing metaphysical theories to determine ...
If you can figure out among the three approaches to metaphysical theory for which you have a preference, then you can get busy devoting yourself to the appropriate tradition. Of course, this self-actualizing approach to considering metaphilosophy is part of the way of conceiving experiential data called existentialism. Thus, if you have any ...
Why does science assume there is no metaphysical cause?
A general metaphysical question about cause and effect is what kind of entity can be a cause, and what kind of entity can be an effect. One viewpoint on this question is that cause and effect are of one and the same kind of entity, with causality an asymmetric relation between them.
What does Derrida mean by "presence"? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
Even though phenomenology aimed to make a fresh start, it uncritically adopted several core metaphysical concepts and categories, thereby staying within the same framework of thought it wanted to break away from. One of the central ideas it held onto is the notion of presence. In traditional metaphysics, being is defined as identity in presence.
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