Metaphysics

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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 — Merriam-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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Inspiration

Talks about Metaphysics (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Metaphysics (Big Think)

Mystery

List of Unsolved Problems in Metaphysics (Wikipedia)

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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

DDC: 110 Metaphysics (Library Thing)
Subject: Metaphysics (Library Thing)

Subject: Metaphysics (Open Library)

LCC: BD 95 (UPenn Online Books)
Subject: Metaphysics (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: BD 95 (Library of Congress)
Subject: Metaphysics (Library of Congress)

Subject: Metaphysics (WorldCat)

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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)

Metaphysics Courses (edX)

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)

Metaphysics (JSTOR)
Metaphysics (NPR Archives)

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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Related

Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.

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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Notes

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