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'''Metaphysics''' is the branch of [[philosophy]] concerned with the fundamental nature of reality.  <ref>[http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/N095 Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]</ref>  It draws its name from from the [[Greek]] meta ta phusika, meaning literally 'beyond physics', because the book comes after the [[Physics (Aristotle)| Physics]] in the order assigned by an editor of Aristotle's works, [[Andronicus of Rhodes]], about the year A.D. 70.  The term metaphysics was unknown to Aristotle, and he variously called this branch of philosophy "first science", "wisdom" [[Theology | theological science]]" (theologikê) and "first philosophy" (prôtê philosophia)<ref>[http://www.seop.leeds.ac.uk/entries/metaphysics/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy].</ref>

'''Metaphysics''' is the branch of [[philosophy]] concerned with the fundamental nature of reality.  <ref>[http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/N095 Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]</ref>  It draws its name from from the [[Greek]] meta ta phusika, meaning literally 'beyond physics', because the book comes after the [[Physics (Aristotle)| Physics]] in the order assigned by an editor of Aristotle's works, [[Andronicus of Rhodes]], about the year A.D. 70.  The term metaphysics was unknown to Aristotle, and he variously called this branch of philosophy "first science", "wisdom" [[Theology | theological science]]" (theologikê) and "first philosophy" (prôtê philosophia)<ref>[http://www.seop.leeds.ac.uk/entries/metaphysics/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy].</ref> Metaphysics includes topics such as philosophy of mind, identity, philosophy of space and time (including cosmogeny), free will, and the difference between necessity and possibility.

In common usage, Metaphysics can also refer to philosophical speculation of any kind, even when not strictly philosophical, such as [[mysticism]] or [[New Age]].

In common usage, Metaphysics can also refer to philosophical speculation of any kind, even when not strictly philosophical, such as [[mysticism]] or [[New Age]].

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[[Category:Philosophy]]