In the 21st century, human understanding of reality is increasingly mediated by technology, most prominently through platforms like Meta (formerly Facebook). While initially conceived as a social ...
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that deals with abstract concepts such as existence, reality, and the nature of being. It’s a complex subject that can be challenging to grasp, but with the right ...
The domain of metaphysics is a breakthrough discovery on the actual states of things in the world. More specifically, in line with the traditional understanding of metaphysics, it delves into the ...
Peter Adamson considers Aristotle’s original use of the term. I’ve occasionally had the disappointing experience of walking into a bookshop, seeing a shelf marked ‘Metaphysics’ and, beginning to ...
“ALL men by nature desire to know.” So begins the first book of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, written about two and a half thousand years ago and still one of the most influential works of Western ...
Retired, Berg en Dal, The Netherlands. “People who have always had an aversion against metaphysics felt an almost miraculous comfort by having their aversion justified by ‘logic’.” (Frank, 1963: p 159 ...
Rene Descartes, the father of cartesian philosophy, puts forward the relationship between sciences and especially the relation of metaphysics with other sciences through a metaphor known as the “Tree ...