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Sep 10, 2007 · Is contemporary metaphysics just a compendium of philosophical problems that cannot be assigned to epistemology or logic or ethics or aesthetics or to any of the parts of philosophy that have relatively clear definitions?
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Philosophical beliefs fall into four broad categories, which correspond to the major fields of philosophy: (1) metaphysics, the study of ultimate reality, (2) epistemology, the study of knowledge, (3) axiology, the study of value, and. (4) logic, the study of correct reasoning.
Putting its rather arbitrary etymological origins to one side, we can say the word ‘metaphysics’ refers to the philosophical study of reality: metaphysics essentially attempts to establish a coherent picture of what reality ultimately is and how reality ultimately works.
Most if not all pursuits that would be called philosophical fall under one or another of the four branches: ethics, esthetics, method-ology (including epistemology and logic), and metaphysics. And in each of these fields there is a key problem around which philosophical studies in that field cluster. In saying this I realize
This debate has relevance for our understanding of metaphysics today. The lingering association between the word ‘metaphysics’ and theology or the supernatural (what comes ‘after physics’ in another sense), has real historical roots. Some are therefore suspicious of the whole enterprise.
Meta-metaphysics is the metatheory of metaphysics and investigates the nature and methods of metaphysics. It also examines how metaphysics differs from other philosophical and scientific disciplines and how it is relevant to them.
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