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metaphysic Definition

meta·physic (met′ə fizik)

noun

adjective

Rare metaphysical
metaphysic Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • moral: Kant I ( 1948 ) Groundwork of the metaphysic of morals, in Paton H The moral law.
  • presence: However, the manner in which sociology establishes its metaphysics of presence has of late become a topic for analysis.
  • history: Is this not a kind of metaphysics of history?

Converse of object

  • include: His more general research interests include metaphysics, the philosophy of mind and Early Modern Philosophy, especially Descartes and Locke.
  • do: They point up the poverty of false metaphysics to rid us of the temptation of doing metaphysics this way.
  • study: Jude Currivan PhD is a healer and scientist who has studied metaphysics and experienced multi-dimensional realities since early childhood.
  • replace: Metaphor has replaced metaphysics and the Western-style rhetoric has replaced mystery.
  • transform: Theology ( the science that reflects on revelation ) must be permitted to transform metaphysics.
  • reject: Contrary to postmodern critique, Mozart's contemporaries rejected disembodied metaphysics.

Adjective modifier

  • Aristotelian: Menger's understanding of economic theory is essentialist and grounded in Aristotelian metaphysics.
  • contemporary: It illustrates well how energetic and vital, and how fruitful, is much of the debate in contemporary metaphysics.
  • traditional: Although he rejects traditional metaphysics, he does not share either the program of logical positivism or that of ordinary language philosophy.
  • speculative: Lenin notes, for example, the passage where Marx comments on the struggle between materialism and speculative metaphysics.
  • Western: It is really just a suggestion of how we might come to terms with the Eastern idea of enlightenment by looking at Western metaphysics.
  • pure: The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with a problem in pure metaphysics.

Noun used with modifier

  • realist: My argument is that mechanical realist metaphysics are necesssary in order to make it seamless.
  • rationalist: Kant's critical philosophy thus undercuts what rationalist metaphysics had offered as proofs for the existence of God.
  • process: The Japan Internet Center for Process Studies - Information about process metaphysics.
  • metaphysics: Metaphysics Metaphysics is often connected in one way or another with religion.
  • idealist: This view is shown to be compatible with contemporary science, and a scientific idealist metaphysic is briefly sketched.
metaphysic Quotes

He knew what's what, and that's as high As metaphysic wit can fly.

—Butler, Samuel