metaphysics

FREQ #46759

n. 形而上学, 玄学, 空头理论

发音

US /mɛtəˈfɪzɪks/

别名

metaphysicks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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 (Latin: ens in quantum ens).

    不可数 哲学 可数

    Philosophers sometimes say that metaphysics is the study of the ultimate nature of the universe.

  2. 2.

    The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.

    可数 哲学 不可数

    The metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas holds that all real beings have both essence and existence.

    In Aristotelian metaphysics physical objects have both form and matter.

    In his Pensées, Pascal mentioned some first principles recognized within his metaphysics: space, time, motion, and number.

  3. 3.

    The metalogic of physics; the logical framework of physics.

    不可数 数学 哲学 可数

    Even other universes should be a result of different physics. Without rules, these universes wouldn't exist, because they will have an undefined, thus impossible, nature. We will never understand or guess all possible forms of physics. That's why we have to understand the generic metaphysics.

  4. 4.

    Any fundamental principles or rules.

    不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.

    不可数 可数

    I have a collection of books on metaphysics, covering astral projection, reincarnation, and communication with spirits.

  6. 6.

    Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.

    贬义 不可数 可数

    This political polemic strikes me as a protracted piece of overwrought, fog-shrouded metaphysics!

  7. 7.

    plural of metaphysic

    形而上学

    形上

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

philosophy

下位词 2

cosmology ontology

词源

1560s; plural of metaphysic, from Middle English methaphesik, methaphisik, methaphisique, metaphesyk, methafisik, metaphesyk, methephysyk, from Old French metafisique, methaphisique and Medieval Latin metaphysica, methephisica, from Byzantine Greek μεταφυσικά (metaphusiká), from the title of the collection by Aristotle μετὰ τὰ φυσικά (metà tà phusiká, “Following The Natural World”), a collection that comes after (μετά (metá)) Aristotle's collection entitled τὰ φυσικά (tà phusiká, “The Natural World”), from φυσικός (phusikós, “natural”). By surface analysis, meta- + physics.

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