Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is often characterized as first philosophy, implying that it...

Modal metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that investigates the metaphysics underlying statements about possible or neccesary statements. Modal logic...

Metaphysics (Greek: τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, "those after the physics"; Latin: Metaphysica) is one of the principal works of Aristotle, in which he develops...

In metaphysics, a universal is what particular things have in common, namely characteristics or qualities. In other words, universals are repeatable or...

Look up metaphysics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the fundamental nature of being and the world...

to metaphysics but the exact relation of these two disciplines is disputed. According to a traditionally influential characterization, metaphysics is...

self-cultivation. Major branches of philosophy are epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Epistemology studies what knowledge is and how to acquire it. Ethics...

Metaphysics of presence (German: Metaphysik der Anwesenheit) is a view held by Martin Heidegger in Being and Time that holds the entire history of Western...

Doctor of Metaphysics (PhD, Ph.D., or DMETA; Latin: Metaphysica doctor or doctor Metaphysica), also called a Metaphysical Science Doctorate, is a purported...

The history of metaphysics examines how theories about the most general features of reality ("metaphysics") have developed throughout history. Cognitive...