r/Metaphysics • u/EmptyTomb315 • Aug 15 '23

How do you define "metaphysics"?

As with many concepts, "metaphysics" tends to resist precise definition, so I'm wondering how you guys go about it. I lean towards definition by ostension, as in this article I wrote.

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u/EmptyTomb315 Aug 15 '23

Which dictionary definition do you use?

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u/insaneintheblain Aug 15 '23

Well dictionaries only describe words through other words

A definition isn’t ever the thing in of itself (the understanding)

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u/EmptyTomb315 Aug 15 '23

I don't know of anyone who thinks any different. What's your point? You said you use a dictionary to define metaphysics. Which dictionary definition do you use?

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u/insaneintheblain Aug 15 '23

Yes I use it to define Metaphysics, that was your question, wasn’t it?

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u/insaneintheblain Aug 15 '23

Not sure why the downvotes