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1929 lecture by Martin Heidegger
"What Is Metaphysics?" (German: Was ist Metaphysik?) is a lecture by the philosopher Martin Heidegger, first presented to the faculties of the University
What_Is_Metaphysics?
Study of fundamental reality
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic nature or most fundamental structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study
Metaphysics
One of the principal works of Aristotle
Metaphysics (Greek: τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, "those after the physics"; Latin: Metaphysica) is one of the principal works of Aristotle, in which he develops
Metaphysics_(Aristotle)
Branch of philosophy
Modal metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that investigates the metaphysics underlying statements about what is possible or necessary. These include
Modal_metaphysics
Metaphysical question
who called it "the fundamental question of metaphysics". No experiment could support the hypothesis "There is nothing" because any observation implies the
Why_is_there_anything_at_all?
Overview of and topical guide to metaphysics
although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms: What is ultimately
Outline_of_metaphysics
Philosophical tract by Immanuel Kant
Metaphysics of Morals, Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals, and the Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals) is the first of Immanuel Kant's mature works
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork_of_the_Metaphysics_of_Morals
Emotion of uninterest in surroundings
semester lecture course The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics, and again in the essay What is Metaphysics? published in the same year. In the lecture, Heidegger
Boredom
Unaccredited academic degree
Doctor of Metaphysics, also called a Metaphysical Science Doctorate, is a purported academic degree. While mainstream universities teach metaphysics as a branch
Doctor_of_Metaphysics
Philosophical study of being
Ontology is the philosophical study of being. It is traditionally understood as the subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features
Ontology
1797 work on morals and politics by Immanuel Kant
The Metaphysics of Morals (German: Die Metaphysik der Sitten) is a 1797 work of political and moral philosophy by Immanuel Kant. It is also Kant's last
Metaphysics_of_Morals
Philosophical concept
possibly have been otherwise. What facts are metaphysically necessary, and on what basis we might view certain facts as metaphysically but not logically necessary
Metaphysical_necessity
Study of general and fundamental questions
ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Epistemology studies what knowledge is and how to acquire it. Ethics investigates moral principles and what constitutes right
Philosophy
Topics referred to by the same term
premise in support of an argument, for what reason or purpose Grounding (metaphysics), a topic in metaphysics regarding how things exist in virtue of
Why
Book series published by Encyclopædia Britannica
World Bertrand Russell The Problems of Philosophy Martin Heidegger What Is Metaphysics? (translated by R. F. C. Hull and Alan Crick) Ludwig Wittgenstein
Great Books of the Western World
Great_Books_of_the_Western_World
Area of philosophical inquiry
Feminist metaphysics aims to question how inquiries and answers in the field of metaphysics have supported sexism. Feminist metaphysics overlaps with fields
Feminist_metaphysics
Metaphysical dependence relation between facts or entities
Metaphysical grounding is a relation of metaphysical dependence that aims to capture how certain facts or entities obtain “in virtue of” others. It is
Metaphysical_grounding
Philosophy dealing with absurdity of existence
[Overcoming Metaphysics by the Logical Analysis of Speech], Erkenntnis (1932), pp. 219–41. Carnap's critique of Heidegger's "What is Metaphysics." Colin,
Existentialism
Characteristic or qualities that particular things have in common
In metaphysics, a universal is what particular things have in common, namely characteristics or qualities. In other words, universals are repeatable or
Universal_(metaphysics)
1686 treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
The Discourse on Metaphysics (French: Discours de métaphysique, 1686) is a short treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in which he develops a philosophy
Discourse_on_Metaphysics
1783 book by Immanuel Kant
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Present Itself as a Science (German: Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik, die als
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena_to_Any_Future_Metaphysics
German philosopher (1889–1976)
his 1929 inaugural lecture was "What is Metaphysics?" In this year he also published Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics. Heidegger remained at Freiburg
Martin_Heidegger
1927 book by Martin Heidegger
Freiburg, "Was ist Metaphysik?" (What Is Metaphysics?, 1929), was an important and influential clarification of what Heidegger meant by being, non-being
Being_and_Time
Object that exists outside physical reality
that have purely third-personal metaphysics. Describing in philosophical terms what a non-physical entity actually is (or would be) can prove problematic
Non-physical_entity
Central concept in Kantian moral philosophy
is the central philosophical concept in the deontological moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Introduced in Kant's 1785 Groundwork of the Metaphysics of
Categorical_imperative
French post-Marxist philosophical journal
opposed to "commodity domination", or commodity metaphysics. The article's title is a play on What is Metaphysics?, a lecture given by Heidegger in 1929. According
Tiqqun
Philosophical traditions from mainland Europe
particularly polemical. Carnap's paper argues that Heidegger's lecture "What Is Metaphysics?" violates logical syntax to create nonsensical pseudo-statements
Continental_philosophy
1983 essay collection by Hans-Georg Gadamer
(1964) "'What Is Metaphysics?'" (1978) "Kant and the Hermeneutical Turn" (1975) "The Thinker Martin Heidegger" (1969) "The Language of Metaphysics" (1968)
Heidegger's_Ways
Metaphysics concept covering the divide between two types of entities
do not cause anything to happen in the physical world. Metaphysical relation – In metaphysics, concrete objects are specific, individual things (particulars)
Abstract_and_concrete
Philosophical system
Thomas Carlyle, who contrasted dynamism with mechanism. Dynamism is the metaphysics of Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716) that reconciles hylomorphic substance
Dynamism_(metaphysics)
Term used to describe a loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century
The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised
Metaphysical_poets
2003 book by Allan Silverman
of the metaphysics is to consider carefully what Plato says about ousia (essence). This book is focused on three basic aspects of the metaphysics: the theory
The_Dialectic_of_Essence
Property of stretching out or taking up space
In metaphysics, extension signifies both 'stretching out' (Latin: extensio) as well as later 'taking up space', and most recently, spreading one's internal
Extension_(metaphysics)
Theory of reality
The Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ) is a theory of reality introduced in Robert M. Pirsig's philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality
Pirsig's_Metaphysics_of_Quality
2016 Doctor Who episode
"The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did" is the seventh episode of the British science fiction television series Class. It was released online by BBC
The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did
The_Metaphysical_Engine,_or_What_Quill_Did
Philosophical concept
Whitehead's metaphysics and it identifies a mechanism by which both perception and memory are essentially the products of a common metaphysical process.
Prehension_(philosophy)
1955 book by Martin Heidegger
What Is Called Thinking? (German: Was heißt Denken?) is a book by the philosopher Martin Heidegger, the published version of a lecture course he gave
What_Is_Called_Thinking?
Philosophical theory attributed to Plato
or Platonic realism, is a philosophical theory credited to the Classical Greek philosopher Plato. A major concept in metaphysics, the theory suggests
Theory_of_forms
beauty is led to the question of, what is art? Similar to one's pondering of metaphysical thoughts in which lead to the notions of, 'what is?,' aesthetics
Metaphysical_aesthetics
Phenomena not subject to the laws of nature
one may highlight what the creatures cannot do, in traditional theism, in comparison to what they can do in process metaphysics (that is, to be part creators
Supernatural
Ethical theory of Immanuel Kant
theory, it is most clearly defined in the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, the Critique of Practical Reason, and the Metaphysics of Morals. While
Kantian_ethics
English philosopher (1919–2006)
variously brought under general spatio-temporal concepts. What makes this a metaphysical project is that it exhibits, in fine detail, the structural features
P._F._Strawson
Totality of existing entities
of reality is relevant to many fields. In philosophy, metaphysics and ontology study its nature and fundamental structure. They examine what it means for
Reality
Doctrine of multiplicity in contrast with monism
(the view that all is two). The term has different meanings in metaphysics, ontology, epistemology and logic. In metaphysics, it is the view that there
Philosophical_pluralism
Poem by John Donne
literary movement, creating what is now known as metaphysical poetry. Although the term was not found until after his death, it is still widely used and will
The_Flea_(poem)
1970 song by George Harrison
"What Is Life" is a song by the English rock musician George Harrison from his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass. In many countries, it was issued
What_Is_Life
Something that exists
and another begins. The concept entity is relevant to many fields. Metaphysics and ontology study what an entity is, which entities exist, and how they may
Entity
German philosopher (1724–1804)
Prussia, he is considered one of the central thinkers of the Enlightenment. His comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, logic, ethics
Immanuel_Kant
1974 philosophy paper by Thomas Nagel
"What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" is a paper by American philosopher Thomas Nagel, first published in The Philosophical Review in October 1974, and later
What_Is_It_Like_to_Be_a_Bat?
French philosopher (1925–1995)
Guattari. His metaphysical treatise Difference and Repetition (1968) is considered to be his magnum opus. A significant part of Deleuze's oeuvre is devoted
Gilles_Deleuze
Branch of philosophy
Social ontology is a branch of ontology and metaphysics that studies the nature and basic categories of the social world. It asks which kinds of social
Social_ontology
Philosophical doctrine
nichtet) from the 1929 lecture Was ist Metaphysik? (What Is Metaphysics?) as a paradigm of a metaphysical pseudo-sentence. Although grammatically well-formed
Verificationism
Philosophical treatment of oxymorons
In metaphysics and ontology, nonexistent objects are a concept advanced by Austrian philosopher Alexius Meinong in the 19th and 20th centuries within
Nonexistent_objects
Philosophical study of knowledge
false. Epistemologists of metaphysics investigate whether knowledge of the basic structure of reality is possible and what sources this knowledge could
Epistemology
1784 essay by Immanuel Kant
"Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?" (German: Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?), often referred to simply as "What is Enlightenment?" (Was
What_Is_Enlightenment?
British Philosopher of Science
Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalised with Don Ross (2007), Materialism: A Philosophical Enquiry with Robin Gordon Brown (2019), and What is a Complex System
James_Ladyman
Term in metaphysics
Metaphysical libertarianism is the philosophical view that free will exists, that it is incompatible with determinism, and therefore that determinism
Libertarianism_(metaphysics)
Professor of philosophy
volumes at Sartre's disposal such as Henry Corbin's translation of What Is Metaphysics? by Heidegger, resources that Sartre often quotes from memory and
Sarah_Richmond_(philosopher)
State of being real
a metaphysical analysis of what it means that something exists and what essential features existence implies. According to one proposal, to exist is to
Existence
Movement in contemporary Continental-inspired philosophy
loosely in its stance of metaphysical realism against its interpretation of the dominant forms of post-Kantian philosophy (or what it terms "correlationism")
Speculative_realism
Philosophical question
The problem of universals is an ancient question from metaphysics that has inspired a range of philosophical topics and disputes: "Should the properties
Problem_of_universals
Opposite position of realism
anti-realism, this external reality is hypothetical and is not assumed. There are many varieties of anti-realism, such as metaphysical, mathematical, semantic, scientific
Anti-realism
Cognitive process independent of the senses
of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Retrieved 21 October 2021. Baum, Eric B. (2004). "1. Introduction". What Is Thought?. Cambridge
Thought
Part of Sufi Islamic philosophy
In Islamic philosophy, Sufi metaphysics is centered on the concept of وحدة, waḥdah, 'unity' or توحيد, tawhid. Two main Sufi philosophies prevail on this
Sufi_metaphysics
1781 book by Immanuel Kant
edition 1787) is a book by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, in which the author seeks to determine the limits and scope of metaphysics. Also referred
Critique_of_Pure_Reason
2007 book on American religion
A Republic of Mind and Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion is a 2007 non-fiction book written by Catherine L. Albanese. It was
A_Republic_of_Mind_and_Spirit
Nominalism
is a concept with various technical uses, namely these three: In epistemology, a stock argument for attacking beliefs and assumptions In metaphysics,
Trope_(philosophy)
Variety of philosophical idealism
metaphysics, metaphysical solipsism is the variety of idealism which asserts that nothing exists externally to this one mind, and since this mind is the
Metaphysical_solipsism
Topic in Aristotelian philosophy
the process of [change]." - Metaphysics V.4. It is what something changes into, i.e. what makes a thing what it is. Form is often confused with the whole
Four_causes
Quote by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche used "God" as a symbol representing Christian morality and its metaphysical worldview that, for centuries, provided Europe with its foundation for
God_is_dead
Philosophical work by Leibniz
1714) is one of Gottfried Leibniz's best known works of his later philosophy. It is a short text which presents, in some 90 paragraphs, a metaphysics of
Monadology
1790 book by Immanuel Kant
be the basis of a political theory that is markedly different from the one that Kant lays out in the Metaphysics of Morals.[citation needed] The central
Critique_of_Judgment
Philosophical worldview rejecting anything supernatural
Metaphysical naturalism (also called ontological naturalism, philosophical naturalism, or antisupernaturalism) is a philosophical worldview that holds
Metaphysical_naturalism
Study of the development of metaphysics
The history of metaphysics examines how theories about the most general features of reality ("metaphysics") have developed throughout history. Cognitive
History_of_metaphysics
Relation each thing bears to itself alone
In metaphysics, identity (from Latin: identitas, "sameness") is the relation each thing bears only to itself. The notion of identity gives rise to many
Identity_(philosophy)
Conscious event, perception or practical knowledge
Woodruff (2018). "Phenomenology: 1. What is Phenomenology?". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Retrieved
Experience
Philosophical position
philosophical idealism or metaphysical idealism, is the set of metaphysical perspectives asserting that, most fundamentally, reality is equivalent to mind,
Idealism
Romanian philosopher
Dragomir was a close friend of Biemel, with whom he translated “What is metaphysics? ” into Romanian (in 1942), and of the Romanian philosopher Constantin
Alexandru_Dragomir
Prefix in English derived from Greek
misinterpreted this as entailing metaphysics constituted "the science of what is beyond the physical". Nonetheless, Aristotle's Metaphysics enunciates considerations
Meta_(prefix)
Philosophical study of morality
Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates normative questions about what people ought to do
Ethics
2020 American novel
What Happens at Night is a gothic mystery novel by the American author Peter Cameron. It follows an unnamed American couple who attempt to adopt a child
What_Happens_at_Night_(novel)
Principles in the philosophy of Aristotle
to analyze motion, causality, ethics, and physiology in his Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, and On the Soul. In this context, the concept of
Potentiality_and_actuality
German philosopher (1770–1831)
art conveys metaphysical knowledge by revealing, through sense perception, what is unconditionally true,'" that is, "what his metaphysical theory affirms
Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel
Rejection of certain ideas about reality
philosophy, including ethics, value theory, epistemology, and metaphysics. Nihilism is also described as a broad cultural phenomenon or historical movement
Nihilism
Belgian-born French philosopher (born 1947)
1973 he obtains his B.A. in Philosophy with the thesis Remarks on ‘What is Metaphysics ?’ of Martin Heidegger. In 1995 he obtains his Ph.D. in Philosophy
Philippe_Nys
Philosophical concept
existence is not just a mere appearance in the eye of the beholder. This includes a number of positions within epistemology and metaphysics which express
Philosophical_realism
Point between two opposite forces that is desirable
In metaphysics, balance is a point between two opposite forces that is desirable over purely one state or the other, such as a balance between the metaphysical
Balance_(metaphysics)
Lack of self-control
and metaphysics were a necessary prerequisite for a full understanding of an agent's good.[citation needed] What we need, in order to live well, is a proper
Akrasia
touches on topics of existence, identity, and the nature of reality. In metaphysics, objects are often considered entities that possess properties and can
Mathematical_object
Example of a paradoxical argument
In metaphysics, Plato's beard is a paradoxical argument dubbed by Willard Van Orman Quine in his 1948 paper "On What There Is". The phrase came to be identified
Plato's_beard
Philosophical idea of a person having a unique existence
person at one time is the same thing as a person at another time?" or "What kinds of things are persons?" In contemporary metaphysics, the matter of personal
Personal_identity
Ascribing an impossible property to a thing
Mind (1949) to remove what he argued to be a confusion over the nature of mind born from Cartesian metaphysics. Ryle argues that it is a mistake to treat
Category_mistake
Book by Martin Heidegger
What Is Philosophy? (German: Was ist das - die Philosophie) is a book by the philosopher Martin Heidegger. It is the published version of a lecture course
What Is Philosophy? (Heidegger book)
What_Is_Philosophy?_(Heidegger_book)
1793 book by Immanuel Kant
"Kant's Philosophy of Religion". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. 2021. Kant, Immanuel (2018). di Giovanni
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason
Religion_within_the_Bounds_of_Bare_Reason
Cuban-born American philosopher (1942–2021)
and nationality. He has written on the metaphysical questions of "What is race?" and "What is ethnicity." It is within this area that Gracia has proposed
Jorge_J._E._Gracia
Knowledge acquired by means of the senses
existence of metaphysical knowledge, while rationalists seek justification for metaphysical claims in metaphysical intuitions. Scientific evidence is closely
Empirical_evidence
Philosophical method of Henri Bergson
Intuition is the philosophical method of French philosopher Henri Bergson. In An Introduction to Metaphysics, Bergson introduces two ways in which an object
Intuition_(Bergson)
Ability to make choices voluntarily
determinism is called incompatibilism and encompasses both metaphysical libertarianism (the claim that determinism is false and thus free will is at least
Free_will
Plato, to secure 'what all things search for'. With ontology and henology, it is part of the ultimate references of traditional metaphysics. For Plato knowledge
Agathology
Totality of psychological phenomena
Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2024. Greif, Hajo (2017). "What Is the
Mind
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