metaphysics

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The field of study of metaphysics.
2. 2
   noun The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought.
3. 3
   noun A fundamental principle or key concept.
4. 4
   noun The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens).
5. 5
   noun The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.
6. 6
   noun (by extension from the philosophical sense) The metalogic of physics; The logical framework of physics.
7. 7
   noun (by extension from the philosophical sense) Any fundamental principles or rules.
8. 8
   noun The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
9. 9
   noun Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.