Metaphysics synonyms

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cosmology
The branch of metaphysics dealing with the origin and structure of the universe
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mysticism
Belief that is not based on evidence or subjected to criticism:
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metaphysic (related)
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philosophy (related)
The study of the theoretical underpinnings of a particular field or discipline:
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epistemology
The study or theory of the nature, sources, and limits of knowledge
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ontology
(Computer science, information science) A structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.
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religion (related)
Any specific system of belief and worship, often involving a code of ethics and a philosophy
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aristotelian (related)
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theory-of-knowledge (related)
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metaphysical (related)
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kant (related)
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moral-philosophy (related)
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philosophical (related)
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phenomenology (related)
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objectivism (related)
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hermeneutics (related)
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platonism (related)
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intuitionism (related)
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thomistic (related)
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transcendentalism
(Popularly) Any obscure, visionary, or idealistic thought
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  • Metaphysics he held to be based on psychology.

  • In them is foreshadowed all that he afterwards worked out in metaphysics, psychology, ethics and aesthetics.

  • Science, he says, may be compared to a tree; metaphysics is the root, physics is the trunk, and the three chief branches are mechanics, medicine and Ouvres, viii.

  • It is to her that the Principles of Philosophy were dedicated; and in her alone, according to Descartes, were united those generally separated talents for metaphysics and for mathematics which are so characteristically co-operative in the Cartesian system.

  • In 1705 Cartesianism was still subject to prohibitions from the authorities; but in a project of new statutes, drawn up for the faculty of arts at Paris in 1720, the Method and Meditations of Descartes were placed beside the Organon and the Metaphysics of Aristotle as text-books for philosophical study.

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