Sep 10, 2007 · He distinguished between ‘general metaphysics’ (or ontology), the study of being as such, and the various branches of ‘special metaphysics’, which study the being of objects of various …

Oct 8, 2000 · In the seventeen chapters that make up Book Ζ of the Metaphysics, Aristotle takes up the promised study of substance. He begins by reiterating and refining some of what he said in Γ: that …

Jun 9, 2003 · Hence the account of being is ‘ontology’—the English suffix ‘-ology’ signifying ‘study of’: e.g., biology is the study of living things. Metaphysics, then, studies the ways in which anything that …

Feb 29, 2004 · In turning to the specific disciplines of special metaphysics (those concerning the soul, the world, and God), Kant devotes a considerable amount of time discussing the human interests …

Oct 10, 2012 · Insofar as we think that reality does not include any entity identical to Ronald McDonald, however, we are then left to wonder what the property of being identical to Ronald McDonald is.

Nov 25, 2002 · Work in this area is nascent, but some of the questions of interest include: Does quantum gravity eliminate time entirely or does it merely make time a non-fundamental feature of the …

Oct 21, 2021 · Next, we survey a recent research program that attempts to extend one of the four main models of scientific explanation—causal-mechanistic, nomological, unificationist, and pragmatic—to …

May 26, 2006 · Aristotle’s metaphysics and physics use a common conceptual framework, and they often address similar issues. The prime and distinctive task of first philosophy is an inquiry into first …

Jun 13, 2006 · In answering this question, each theory makes the notion of truth part of a more thoroughgoing metaphysics or epistemology. Explaining the nature of truth becomes an application …

Mar 21, 2018 · In the last few years, much attention has shifted to metaphysical grounding as a way to treat ontological determination in general, and by extension, to the determination of the social.