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Definitions of Metaphysics
I received these definitions in an email (I do not know the source). But
they are generally good (I have added a few comments in brackets).
Geoff
1: The philosophical study of being and knowing.
(True)
2: Metaphysics (Greek words meta = after/beyond and physics = nature) is
a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of 'first principles' and
being / ontology.
(True)
3: The study of the nature and being of reality and its origin and structure.
(Partly true - One substance existing has no origin, it is infinite and
eternal).
4: A field of abstract thought and philosophy about topics not on the concrete
or physical level of understanding. This includes subjects like existence,
the soul, being, the supernatural, astral travel and psychicism.
(No. This is new age / postmodern view of metaphysics as 'beyond our senses'
rather than correctly as the hidden cause of our senses. However, as the
Wave Structure of Matter in Space explains, we are actually structures of
the universe and this will explain these 'apparently' supernatural effects
/ subtle human senses.)
5: Derived from the Latin word meta which means beyond, metaphysics would
literally mean that which is beyond the laws of physics.
(No. As above, 'beyond our senses' is misleading - metaphysics studies the
hidden causal connection of our visible senses as the foundation for the
laws of physics / nature.)
6: The study of the ultimate and fundamental reality.
(True / Spot on!)
7: 'Beyond physics.' The branch of philosophy that deals with first principles
and seeks to explain the nature of reality and the structure of the world.
(Perhaps a bit misleading. Metaphysics is the source of principles which
found physics / science / deductive logic.)
8: Speculative thought about matters outside the perceivable physical world.
(Partly true. It is speculative in that we must imagine this hidden causal connection between things. But we can now deduce this using Occam's razor / science.)
9: A branch of philosophy exploring the nature of reality or being, and usually finding the answers outside the physical world in God.
(While this may be true in history, it is not a solution to metaphysics unless you define what 'god' is. Otherwise God is just another human constructed word to fill in a gap in our knowledge of the world and is thus meaningless.)
10: Philosophy of the mind, of knowing.
(True. Metaphysics must understand how we can see a rock fall - this requires a correct understanding of the mind and how it is connected to the body / other matter in Space.)
11: Philosophic inquiry into the ultimate and fundamental reality; 'the science of being as such'.
(True)
New Age (Postmodern) Metaphysical Spiritualism Vs. Classical Metaphysics
I like spiritual people, they are generally kind and cheerful. I think a wise understanding of spiritualism is really just the enlightened view that our discrete and separate bodies are an illusion (as Albert Einstein realised), that we are really structures of the universe and connected to everything around us.
A
human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in
time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something
separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This
delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires
and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free
ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace
all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty… The true
value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense
in which they have obtained liberation from the self. … We shall require
a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive. (Albert
Einstein, 1954)
So I am not writing to offend you when I also say that there is a postmodern
'new age' metaphysics that twists the meaning of metaphysics in a dangerous
way, as it says that metaphysics, is 'beyond' our senses (and thus not limited
by them).
This distinction is very important. If we allow our human imaginations free
reign, without being constrained by the truth of our senses, then we will
invariably deceive ourselves by imagining fanciful things (and this self
deception causes us / our society harm - this is the foundation of Philosophy,
that we must know the truth to act wisely and avoid harm).
By his clear critique Hume did not only advance philosophy
in a decisive way but also - though through no fault of his - created a
danger for philosophy in that, following his critique, a fateful 'fear
of metaphysics' arose which has come to be a malady
of contemporary empiricist philosophising; this malady
is the counterpart to that earlier philosophising in the clouds, which thought
it could neglect and dispense with what was given by the senses. ... It
finally turns out that one can, after all, not get along without
metaphysics.
(Albert Einstein, Remarks on Bertrand Russell's
Theory of Knowledge)
The Solution to Metaphysics
There is a simple
solution to the problem of metaphysics, just describe reality most simply
from the one substance we all experience as one thing - Space. It is then
easy to show that space is a wave medium, matter is formed from the wave
motion of space.
Geoff Haselhurst
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
(Mohandas Gandhi)
"When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence:
Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter. ... Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially extended. In this way the concept 'empty space' loses its meaning. ... The particle can only appear as a limited region in space in which
the field strength or the energy density are particularly high. ...
The free, unhampered exchange of ideas and scientific conclusions is necessary for the sound development of science, as it is in all spheres
of cultural life. ... We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without
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and the misguided. ...
Humanity is going to need a substantially new way of thinking if it is to survive!" (Albert Einstein)
Our world is in great trouble due to human behaviour founded on myths and customs that are causing the destruction of Nature and climate change. We can now deduce the most simple science theory of reality - the wave structure of matter in space. By understanding how we and everything around us are interconnected
in Space we can then deduce solutions to the fundamental problems of human knowledge in physics, philosophy, metaphysics, theology, education, health, evolution and ecology, politics and society.
This is the profound new way of thinking that Einstein
realised, that we exist as spatially extended structures of the universe - the discrete and separate body an illusion. This simply confirms the
intuitions of the ancient philosophers and mystics.
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