metaphysics

Noun
  1. The philosophical study of being and knowing (synset 106172369)
    associated with:
    • hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
    • entelechy - (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality
    is a type of: philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
    subtypes:
    • ontology - the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
    • cosmology - the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe

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