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Bookmark or Share- What are some real-life applications of metaphysics?See Hawley's paper Applied Metaphysics for a recent survey. She gives three application areas outside of philosophy: applied ontology in computer science and biology, social ontology, and metaphysics of natural kind terms in psychiatry and medicine.
- Please explain to a beginner: what is metaphysics?As I understand it, most or all of philosophy can be put into the three main branches of philosophy: Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Axiology. A devotee of reason, I have great affinity for, and be...
- What is the difference between metaphysics and ontology?I know that ontology is a sub-field of metaphysics. But I can't see the difference between them. I mean ontology is defined as "The study of being and existence", and metaphysics is defined as "
- What is the distinction between mysticism and metaphysics?Mysticism and Metaphysics seem to share immediate similarity: both amount to sort of speculations pertaining to capture universal truth that cannot be confirmed nor refuted by the senses. What is the
- metaphysics - Learning metaphysical truths by introspection ...IMO this is the wrong question - your introspective process isn't an obdurate object. Like the rest of your mind and body, it's capable of a great range of ability, from mindless passive acceptance of commonly received assertions to convoluted self-delusion to highly effective truth-seeking.
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