. The original ‘meta’-word, deriving from the title given to Aristotle’s untitled treatise by his first-century BC editor Andronicus. It means that which comes after ‘physics’, the latter being the study of nature in...

The study of human existence and phenomena as a whole, instead of through the study of elements of it empirically through the natural...

Metaphysics and Epistemology In traditional Chinese philosophy, epistemology was not an explicitly developed discipline, even if Chinese philosophers since ancient times were interested in problems related to human knowledge and developed some implicit...

Metaphysics, History Of The word metaphysics derives from the Greek meta ta physika (literally, "after the things of nature"), an expression used by Hellenistic and later commentators to refer to Aristotle's untitled group of texts...

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that investigates principles of reality transcending those of any particular science, traditionally, cosmology and ontology. It is also concerned with explaining the ultimate nature of being and the world.[1] Its...

Meaning in metaphysical language is probably one of the most controversial issues in contemporary linguistic study. Many scholars, including Alfred Korzybski and Earl Hautala, have advocated circumventing the use of metaphysical language. However, other scholars believe that it is not possible to discuss issues...

The paper examines the controversy as to the futuristic role of metaphysics being desirable or otherwise. The author takes a middle position between an optimistic and pessimistic appraisal in stressing the reality of futuristic metaphysics and the dynamic of evolving freedom. The paper was...

The invitation- my invitation-to the relaunch party for Radar magazine arrived in the form of Martha Stewart's head, in stiff paper, with a stick to glue it onto. Other invitees apparently received other celebrities (Gawker showed one that was Michael Jackson's head), but mine is...

Last night, at the Neue Galerie's 6th annual Winter Gala, Zac Posen talked to us about art. While a number of art-world folks are abuzz over the current, exploding art market, the 27-year old fashion phenom said he's not impressed with the way things are...

In the following essay, Owens studies how Medieval metaphysicians interpreted Aristotle's Metaphysics. Owens observes that the two apparently contradictory notions of being identified in Metaphysics (being as either an abstract, empty concept and being as related to the concept of God) were often merged by Medieval Christian thinkers, and he reviews the debate among later critics regarding the possibility of unifying the two concepts.

In the following essay, originally published in 1862, Brentano discusses the nature of potential and actual being as analyzed by Aristotle in Metaphysics. Brentano examines Aristotle's definitions of potential and actual being and presents readings of them designed to resolve some difficulties within them. Finally, he explores the relationship between the two concepts, maintaining that "movement is the actuality of the potentiality."

The desire to grasp insight into our spiritual beingness created an interest in metaphysics along with a new marketing twist for products and gifts. And while I would love to say that they are wrong, I cannot . So I will just degrade them as being ignorant and inherently stupid.