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Metaphysics
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Metaphysics is a part of philosophy which is concerned with understanding reality and developing theories about what exists and how we know that it exists. N-UNCOUNT
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noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: Medieval Latin Metaphysica, title of Aristotle's treatise on the subject, from Greek (ta) meta (ta) physika, literally, the (works) after the physical (works); from its position in his collected works Date: 1569 1. a. (1) a division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being and that includes ontology, cosmology, and often epistemology (2) ontology 2 b. abstract philosophical studies ; a study of what is outside objective experience 2. metaphysic 2 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 the theoretical philosophy of being and knowing. 2 the philosophy of mind. 3 colloq. abstract or subtle talk; mere theory. Derivatives metaphysician n. metaphysicize v.intr. Etymology: ME metaphysic f. OF metaphysique f. med.L metaphysica ult. f. Gk ta meta ta phusika the things after the Physics, from the sequence of Aristotle's works ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n the part of the study of philosophy that is concerned with trying to understand and describe the nature of reality ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., "branch of speculation which deals with the first causes of things," from M.L. metaphysica, neut. pl. of Medieval Gk. (ta) metaphysika, from Gk. ta meta ta physika "the (works) after the Physics," title of a collection of Aristotle's writings, misreading of the name for the 13 treatises which traditionally were arranged after those on physics and natural sciences. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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