A report on Metaphysics
Branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility.
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Philosophy
29 linksSystematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language.
Systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language.
Today, major subfields of academic philosophy include metaphysics, which is concerned with the fundamental nature of existence and reality; epistemology, which studies the nature of knowledge and belief; ethics, which is concerned with moral value; and logic, which studies the rules of inference that allow one to derive conclusions from true premises.
Epistemology
27 linksBranch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.
Branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.
Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics.
Ontology
26 linksBranch of philosophy that studies concepts such as existence, being, becoming, and reality.
Branch of philosophy that studies concepts such as existence, being, becoming, and reality.
Ontology is sometimes referred to as the science of being and belongs to the major branch of philosophy known as metaphysics.
Immanuel Kant
20 linksGerman philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers.
German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers.
Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential figures in modern Western philosophy.
Aristotle
17 linksGreek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.
Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.
His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, meteorology, geology, and government.
Plato
20 linksGreek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.
Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.
The two philosophers Heraclitus and Parmenides, following the way initiated by pre-Socratic Greek philosophers such as Pythagoras, depart from mythology and begin the metaphysical tradition that strongly influenced Plato and continues today.
Idealism
14 linksIn philosophy, the term idealism identifies and describes metaphysical perspectives which assert that reality is indistinguishable and inseparable from human perception and understanding; that reality is a mental construct closely connected to ideas.
Property (philosophy)
11 linksIn logic and philosophy (especially metaphysics), a property is a characteristic of an object; a red object is said to have the property of redness.
Reality
11 linksSum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within a system, as opposed to that which is only imaginary.
Sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within a system, as opposed to that which is only imaginary.
Philosophical questions about the nature of reality or existence or being are considered under the rubric of ontology, which is a major branch of metaphysics in the Western philosophical tradition.
Parmenides
10 linksPre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Graecia.
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Graecia.
Parmenides has been considered the founder of ontology or metaphysics and has influenced the whole history of Western philosophy.