âEpistemologyâ - Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
âEpistemologyâ - Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
âEpistemologyâ - Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
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“Metaphysics”<br />
Originally, this was the title for all the books that came<br />
after the Physics in the philosopher Aristotle’s writing<br />
(384BC-322BC.)<br />
Today: Metaphysics is any enquiry that raises questions<br />
about reality that lie beyond or behind those capable <strong>of</strong><br />
being tackled by the methods <strong>of</strong> science.<br />
An old argument: Are there any such questions? (This<br />
questions refers to the perspective <strong>of</strong> the philosopher<br />
David Hume 1711-76, who believed there were not any<br />
such questions.)<br />
Does metaphysics provide the answer to all questions<br />
not answerable by the basic sciences? Or does it<br />
attempt to answer the questions left over by them?<br />
© Copyright 2007-2008 Gayle M. Turner
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