Sep 10, 2007 · Which raises a question—is there any common feature that unites the problems of contemporary metaphysics? The final two sections discuss some recent theories of the nature …

Oct 8, 2000 · But Aristotle himself did not use that title or even describe his field of study as ‘metaphysics’; the name was evidently coined by the first century C.E. editor who assembled …

Oct 21, 2021 · Adopting a more heavyweight account of the nature of metaphysical laws, and hence of metaphysical explanation, may come with a metaphysical cost—for instance, if one …

Jun 9, 2003 · Metaphysics, or alternatively ontology, is that branch of philosophy whose special concern is to answer the question ‘What is there?’ These expressions derive from Aristotle, …

The history of metaphysics, Heidegger notes, has presented us with a sequence of quite distinct historical “interpretations” or “determinations” of the essence of human being, each of which …

Jan 31, 2025 · Metaphysics, as Heidegger puts it, thinks of truth “in the already derivative form of the truth of cognitive knowledge and the truth of propositions that formulate such knowledge” …

Jan 11, 2001 · 1. What is Metaphysical Realism? Metaphysical realism is the thesis that the objects, properties and relations the world contains, collectively: the structure of the world …

Jan 5, 2010 · There are several reasons. First, the majority of Lewis’s work either concerns, or substantially overlaps, topics in metaphysics. Second, the metaphysical positions Lewis stakes …

Aug 30, 2015 · So instead of using Kant as any kind of model for epistemological idealism, in this entry we will distinguish between metaphysical and epistemological arguments for idealism …

Aug 10, 2015 · In this section, we will first turn to the three main approaches in the metaphysics of agency that provide three different frameworks for how to think about such metaphysical …