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Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. — William James, The Principles of Psychology
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Introduction1
PHILO-notes (YouTube Channel)
Metaphysics (PHILO-notes, Official Website)
Dictionary
metaphysics : a division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being — Webster See also OneLook
Metaphysics (Dictionary of Philosophical Terms & Names, Philosophy Pages)
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Metaphysics is a traditional branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world that encompasses it, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:
Ultimately, what is there?
What is it like? — Wikipedia
Metaphysics (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Metaphysics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Metaphysics (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Metaphysics (The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Outline
Outline of Metaphysics (Wikipedia)
Portal
Metaphysics (Jonathan Schaffer, PhilPapers)
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Preservation
History
Metaphysical Imagination (Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas)
Heraclitus v. Parmenides – Flux v. Stasis (Madsen Pirie, Adam Smith Institute)
The Origin of Metaphysics (Anton-Hermann Chroust, The Review of Metaphysics)
Aristotle’s Metaphysics (Gabriele Galluzzo, Oxford Bibliographies)
Aristotle’s Metaphysics (Classics@MIT)
Quotation
11 Metaphysical Quotes That Can Get You Motivated for Work (John Boitnott, Inc.)
Library
Melvil Decimal System # 11 Metaphysics (Library Thing)
Library of Congress Call Number BD Metaphysics (UPenn Online Books)
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Participation
Education
Metaphysics Tools (Philosopher’s Toolkit, Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization)
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Course
Metaphysics Courses (MIT OpenCourseWare)
Community
News
Metaphysica: A Journal for Ontology and Metaphysics
Philosophical research online: Metaphysics (Jonathan Schaffer, PhilPapers)
The Review of Metaphysics: A Philosophical Quarterly (Philosophy Documentation Center)
Bibliography
Metametaphysics (Anna-Sofia Maurin, Alexander Skiles, Oxford Bibliographies)
Aristotle’s Metaphysics (Gabriele Galluzzo, Oxford Bibliographies)
Contemporary Metaphysics (Allan Hazlett, Oxford Bibliographies)
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Expression
Arts
Art of the metaphysical: from the outside looking in (Rocerick Conway Morris, New York Times)
The Metaphysics of Fine Art (Arthur Schopenhauer, translated by Thomas Bailey Saunders)
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
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Knowledge Form
Foundation
Theory
Philosophy Metaphysics, Logic, Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics
System, Cycle, Structure, Growth, Complexity, Control, Disturbance, Entropy, Chaos
Process, Manage, Design, Prototype, Implement, Assess, Revise, Maintain
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