Epistemology: eg. "What do meanings, meaning?" This, and metaphysics are the first two subsets of philosophy.
Michael Devitt has written: 'Putting metaphysics first' -- subject(s): Metaphysics, Knowledge, Theory of. 'Ignorance of Language' -- subject(s): Philosophy, Language and languages, Psycholinguistics 'Realism and truth' -- subject(s): Science, Philosophy, Realism, Truth
In the writings of Aristotle concerning the study of nature which to him meant "physics" he uses the term of "first philosophy" in the third discipline of this treatise. In modern terminology metaphysics comes closest to his meaning.
Metaphysics is the philosophical study of being and knowing OR Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy investigating principles of reality transcending those of any particular science OR Metaphysics is one of the principal works of Aristotle and the first major work of the branch of philosophy with the same name. The principal subject is "being qua being", or being understood as being. ... OR The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained ... OR * metaphysical - pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics; "metaphysical philosophy" * metaphysical - without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces" * metaphysical - highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning"
Plato's major contributions to philosophy include his theory of Forms, the allegory of the cave, and the concept of the philosopher-king. He also established the first institution of higher learning in the Western world, the Academy, and wrote extensively on topics such as ethics, politics, and metaphysics.
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Georges Dicker has written: 'Perceptual knowledge' -- subject- s -: Knowledge, Theory of, Perception - Philosophy -, Theory of Knowledge 'Descartes' -- subject- s -: First philosophy, God, Knowledge, Theory of, Methodology, Ontological Proof, Proof, Ontological, Theory of Knowledge 'Berkeley's idealism' -- subject- s -: Idealism, Idea - Philosophy -, Metaphysics
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Plato was a philosopher and mathematician who founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is best known for his work in developing the philosophy of idealism and his writings on ethics, politics, and metaphysics. Plato's dialogues, such as "The Republic" and "The Symposium," continue to be studied and influential in the fields of philosophy and political theory.
No. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that attempts to understand the first causes. It has been erroneously thought to be synonymous with "occult" or "magic" but is almost completely unrelated. There are mythological and magical creatures (if you believe in such things) but no such thing as a "metaphysical creature".
The 1800s.
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