Synonyms:
metaphysics
Meaning: the philosophical study of being and knowing
Usage examples
The whole metaphysics of Aristotle is dominated by the distinction between form and matter.
Thus it happens that we bring this big problem in metaphysics on to the field of observation.
From that time he began to neglect his leather, and buried his brain under the rubbish of metaphysics.
And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics.
I am interested in every department of science, arts, and manufacture. I read all the time on astronomy, chemistry, biology, physics, music, metaphysics, mechanics, and other branches--political economy, electricity, and, in fact, all things that are making for progress in the world.