Aug 21, 2015 · Heidegger once delivered a famous lecture called "What Is Metaphysics." After he finished and a baffled silence a student raised his hand. "But Professor Heidegger," he asked, "what …

May 30, 2020 · According to this (old) page, metaphysics is the study of things beyond anything humans can perceive. Because of this fact, metaphysics is relatively faith-based discipline and, compared to …

Sep 13, 2025 · As for 'metaphysical object', many contemporary realists still seem to hold disdain in the spirit of the 20th century positivists for metaphysics in general and hold that physics is the ultimate …

Sep 19, 2025 · If metaphysics is meant as a rational investigation of (as Aristotle put it) being qua being, what are to date the main, most important, most achieved, most detailed, most popular, or most …

Nov 5, 2024 · Metaphysical necessity: In philosophy, metaphysical necessity, sometimes called broad logical necessity, is one of many different kinds of necessity, which sits between logical necessity …

Mar 22, 2018 · I only try to answer your headline question: When does metaphysics stop being speculation? According to the philosophy of Critical Rationalism, metaphysics stops being …

Jun 24, 2025 · I mean the laws of logic also apply to metaphysics. But what are other axioms which apply to metaphysics or are purely metaphysical? Or are there none?

Mar 11, 2025 · Concepts are man-made. Hence an existing concept cannot be precluded to our mind. Of course the concept can be contradictory or useless, but it has been invented by human minds. A …

Nov 12, 2024 · To motivate this question, let’s consider some radically different metaphysical theories: Theory 1: Physicalism, formalized through variations of the Standard Model and General Relativity, …

Sep 29, 2024 · Metaphysical necessity, possibility, and impossibility, were basically invented by Kripke as an effort to patch rationality in the face of the realization of the radical contingency of our world.