Search results
3 days ago · Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is often characterized as first philosophy, implying that it is more fundamental than other forms of philosophical inquiry.
3 days ago · Central to Descartes’ philosophical enterprise is his dualistic metaphysics—the division of reality into the realm of the thinking mind and the realm of extended bodies.
4 days ago · This paper explores issues in epistemology and metaphysics based on the following indicative list of topics: naturalism, natural kinds, universals, time, identity, causation.
1 day ago · First of all, science is not something you ‘believe in’. Indeed, the very nature of science is to provide evidence, not demand faith. Trying to state that one needs to accept something without proof is antithetical to an, “enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the ...
3 days ago · Thus, all Philosophy is like a tree, of which Metaphysics is the root, Physics the trunk, and all the other sciences the branches that grow out of this trunk, which are reduced to three principals, namely, Medicine, Mechanics, and Ethics.
1 day ago · This study challenges the conventional boundaries of philosophy by asserting that organizations can function as legitimate subjects within philosophical discourse. Western philosophy, epitomized by Descartes, has long assumed that individual human beings are the fundamental units of thought and moral agency. However, in a significant oversight, this belief overlooks the idea that organizations ...
People also ask
What is metaphysics in philosophy?
What is applied metaphysics?
What is a metaphysics theory?
Why is metaphysics important?
3 days ago · Jun 2024. Professor of Philosophy. A philosopher of mind and meaning, served as Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford and president of the Mind Association. Author of seven books that focus on novel theories of concepts, modality, non-conceptual content of perception, the integration of metaphysics and epistemology.
