Metaphysics



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 形而上学, 玄学
• ［英］ n. 形而上学, 玄学 ( a branch of philosophy)
• ［类］ insect : butterfly / philosophy : metaphysics ( 蝴蝶是一种昆虫 / 形而上学是一种哲学)
• ［记］ meta ( 变化, 超过) +physics ( 物理) -> 在物理之上 -> 形而上学

Webster Collegiate

noun plural but singular in construction

• Etymology: Medieval Latin Metaphysica, title of Aristotle's treatise on the subject, from Greek (ta) meta (ta) physika, literally, the (works) after the physical (works); from its position in his collected works
• Date: 1569
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) a division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being and that includes ontology, cosmology, and often epistemology
    • (2) ontology 2
  • b. abstract philosophical studies ; a study of what is outside objective experience
• 2. metaphysic 2

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