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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Metaphysical | | | |  Metaphysical: Encyclopedia II - Chaldean Oracles - Metaphysics of the OraclesThe metaphysical schema of the Chaldaean Oracles begins with an absolutely transcendent deity called Father, with whom resides Power, a productive principle from which it appears Intellect proceeds. This Intellect has a two-fold function, to contemplate the Forms of the purely intellectual realm of the Father, and to craft and govern the material realm. In this latter capacity the Intellect is Demiurge.
The Oracles further posit a barrier between the intellectual and the material realm, personified as Hecate. In the capacity of barrie ...
See also:Chaldean Oracles, Chaldean Oracles - Origin, Chaldean Oracles - Importance of the Oracles, Chaldean Oracles - Chaldea, Chaldean Oracles - Metaphysics of the Oracles, Chaldean Oracles - Reference Read more here: » Chaldean Oracles: Encyclopedia II - Chaldean Oracles - Metaphysics of the Oracles |
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| | | | | Metaphysical: Encyclopedia II - Extension semantics - Metaphysical implications There is an ongoing controversy in metaphysics about whether or not there are, in addition to actual, existing things, non-actual or nonexistent things. If there are--if, for instance, there are possible but non-actual dogs (dogs of some non-actual but possible species, perhaps) or nonexistent beings (like Sherlock Holmes, perhaps), then these things might also figure in the extensions of various concepts and expressions. If not, only existing, actual things can be in the extension of a concept or expression. Note that "actual" may not mean ...
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| | | | | Metaphysical: Encyclopedia II - Subject philosophy - Metaphysical subjectivism Metaphysical subjectivism is the theory that perception creates reality, and that there is no underlying, true reality that exists independent of perception. One can also hold that it is consciousness rather than perception that creates reality. This is in contrast to metaphysical objectivism.
This holding should not be confused with the stance that "all is illusion" or that "there is no such thing as reality." Metaphysical subjectivists hold that reality is real enough, and that physical objects do exist. They conceive, however, that the nature of reality as related to a given c ...
See also:Subject philosophy, Subject philosophy - Epistemic subjectivity, Subject philosophy - Subjectivism, Subject philosophy - Metaphysical subjectivism, Subject philosophy - Subjectivism and panpsychism, Subject philosophy - Criticisms, Subject philosophy - Ethical subjectivism, Subject philosophy - Subjectivism in probability Read more here: » Subject philosophy: Encyclopedia II - Subject philosophy - Metaphysical subjectivism |
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| | | | | Metaphysical: Encyclopedia II - Lapis lazuli - Metaphysical qualities As inscribed in the 140th chapter of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, lapis lazuli, in the shape of an eye set in gold, was considered an amulet of great power. On the last day of the month, an offering was made before this symbolic eye, for it was believed that, on that day, the supreme being placed such an image on his head.
Lapis lazuli is said to be associated with self-confidence, truthfulness, openness and inner tranquility. Lapis lazuli is the ancient stone of mental and psychological health, said to promote spiritual healing, mental calmness and strength of ...
See also:Lapis lazuli, Lapis lazuli - Description, Lapis lazuli - Uses, Lapis lazuli - Enhancements, Lapis lazuli - Imitations, Lapis lazuli - History, Lapis lazuli - Metaphysical qualities, Lapis lazuli - Sources, Lapis lazuli - Poetry Read more here: » Lapis lazuli: Encyclopedia II - Lapis lazuli - Metaphysical qualities |
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| | | | | | | Metaphysical: Encyclopedia II - Human nature - Metaphysics and ethics There are a number of perspectives regarding the fundamental nature and substance of humans. These are by no means mutually exclusive, and the following list is by no means exhaustive:
Philosophical naturalism (which includes materialism and rationalism) encompasses a set of views that humans are purely natural phenomena; sophisticated animals that evolved to our present state through natural mechanisms such as evolution. Good and evil are regarded as labels placed on how well individual behaviour conforms to societal expectatio ...
See also:Human nature, Human nature - Metaphysics and ethics, Human nature - Free will and determinism, Human nature - Spiritual versus natural, Human nature - State of nature, Human nature - Morality, Human nature - Purpose, Human nature - Psychology and biology, Human nature - Tabula rasa, Human nature - Behavioral genetics, Human nature - Human diversity, Human nature - Arguments for invariance, Human nature - Arguments for social malleability, Human nature - Influential views of human nature, Human nature - External reference Read more here: » Human nature: Encyclopedia II - Human nature - Metaphysics and ethics |
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| | | | | | | | Metaphysical: Encyclopedia II - Waynflete Professorships - Waynflete Professors of Metaphysical Philosophy The Waynflete Professorship is one of five statutory professorships in philosophy, the other four being the Wykeham Professorship in Logic, the White’s Professorship of Moral Philosophy, the Wilde Professorship in Mental Philosophy, as well as the untitled professorship in Ancient Philosophy.
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Henry Longueville Mansel, from 1859 to 1867;
Henry William Chandler, from 1867 to 1889;
John Alexander Smith, from 1910 to 1936;
R. G. Collingwood, from 1936 to 1941;
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See also:Waynflete Professorships, Waynflete Professorships - Waynflete Professors of Metaphysical Philosophy, Waynflete Professorships - Waynflete Professors of Chemistry, Waynflete Professorships - Waynflete Professors of Physiology, Waynflete Professorships - Waynflete Professors of Pure Mathematics Read more here: » Waynflete Professorships: Encyclopedia II - Waynflete Professorships - Waynflete Professors of Metaphysical Philosophy |
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| | | | | | Metaphysical: Encyclopedia II - Philosophy of religion - Philosophy of religion as a part of metaphysics Philosophy of religion was classically regarded as a part of metaphysics, after Aristotle, among whose writings was a piece that later editors identified as The Metaphysics. Aristotle there described first causes as one of the subjects of his investigation. For Aristotle, God was the first cause: the unmoved mover. Philosophy of religion as a branch of metaphysics later came to be called natural theology by rationalist philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries. In the 18th century, philosophers have adopted the term 'p ...
See also:Philosophy of religion, Philosophy of religion - Philosophy of religion as a part of metaphysics, Philosophy of religion - Questions asked in philosophy of religion, Philosophy of religion - What is God?, Philosophy of religion - Monotheistic definitions, Philosophy of religion - Polytheistic definitions, Philosophy of religion - Pantheistic definitions, Philosophy of religion - Rationality of belief, Philosophy of religion - Positions, Philosophy of religion - Natural theology, Philosophy of religion - Major philosophers of religion Read more here: » Philosophy of religion: Encyclopedia II - Philosophy of religion - Philosophy of religion as a part of metaphysics |
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| | | | | Metaphysical: Encyclopedia II - Al-Ghazali - Al-Ghazali on the Metaphysics of Belief It can be instructive to look to Al-Ghazali for insight into the role of the Intellect:
"Therefore, there is no salvation except in independence of thought. As the Poet has said:
Forget all you've heard and clutch what you see
At sunrise what use is Saturn to thee?
If writing these words yields no other outcome save to make you doubt your inherited beliefs, compelling you to inquire, then it was worth it -leave alone profiting you. Doubt transports [you] to the truth. Who does not doubt fails to inq ...
See also:Al-Ghazali, Al-Ghazali - His life, Al-Ghazali - His thoughts, Al-Ghazali - Theological conceptions, Al-Ghazali - Refutation of philosophy, Al-Ghazali - Relation to philosophy, Al-Ghazali - Al-Ghazali on the Metaphysics of Belief, Al-Ghazali - Works, Al-Ghazali - Literature Read more here: » Al-Ghazali: Encyclopedia II - Al-Ghazali - Al-Ghazali on the Metaphysics of Belief |
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| | | | | Metaphysical: Encyclopedia II - Atman Buddhism - The abandonment of Atman in later Buddhist metaphysics With the doctrine of anatta (Pāli; Sanskrit: anātman) Buddhism maintains that the concept of ātman is unnecessary and counterproductive as an explanatory device for analyzing action, causality, karma, and reincarnation in a Buddhist context. Buddhists account for these and other "self"-related phenomena by other means, such as pratātya-samutpāda, the skandhas, and, for some schools, a pudgala. Thus it is not necessary for Buddhists to posit an ātman, and they further regard it as undesirable to do so, as they believe it provides ...
See also:Atman Buddhism, Atman Buddhism - The need for Buddhists to understand Atman, Atman Buddhism - The definition of Atman in Buddhism, Atman Buddhism - The ontological status of Atman in Buddhism, Atman Buddhism - Atman in Nikaya, Atman Buddhism - The abandonment of Atman in later Buddhist metaphysics, Atman Buddhism - Positive teachings on the Atman in Mahayana Buddhism Read more here: » Atman Buddhism: Encyclopedia II - Atman Buddhism - The abandonment of Atman in later Buddhist metaphysics |
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