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...all such cultures are either [[theocracy|theocratic]] or "unified by some metaphysical theory", which forced tools to operate within the bounds of a controlling i It also relies upon the "elevation of information to a metaphysical status: information as both the means and end of human creativity". The ide ...

...ne holds a tenseless view of time but asserts that the present has special properties, as falling foul of McTaggart's paradox.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Callender ...http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen/seneca.ep6.shtml VI, 58, 23].</ref> The metaphysical issues that continue to divide A-theorists and B-theorists concern the real ...

...es of an unobservable and unconditional territory—"what is" as natural-but-metaphysical real kinds.<ref name="Chak" />{{rp|xiii, 33, 149}} ...y if it proves to have universal validity, meaning it possesses "detection properties" of [[natural kind]]s.<ref name="Chak" />{{rp|231}} This inference is his f ...

...cal]] sense. }}</ref> it is also known as '''ontological naturalism''', '''metaphysical naturalism''', '''pure naturalism''', '''philosophical naturalism''' and '' ...hout any further consideration of whether naturalism is true in the robust metaphysical sense, is called ''methodological naturalism''.<ref>{{harvnb|Schafersman|19 ...

| 143 classes, 132 properties, 9 primitive classes, 18 root classes, 1690 axioms | It is built upon a series of clear metaphysical choices to provide a solid (metaphysical) foundation. ...

...opic principle (SAP)''' (Barrow and Tipler): "The Universe must have those properties which allow life to develop within it at some stage in its history."<ref>Ba ...t are observed, while a possibly much larger set of universes lacking such properties go unnoticed.<ref name="arXiv:hep-th/0302219"/> ...

...and "prior to...measurements" which implies (metaphysical) preexistence of properties. Specifically, the term local realism in the context of Bell's theorem cann ...

...here is disagreement about the definition of "natural" and the limits of [[metaphysical naturalism|naturalism]]. Concepts in the supernatural domain are closely re ...lpapers.org/rec/SIDOTM|title=Conceivability and Possibility|chapter=On the Metaphysical Contingency of Laws of Nature|year=2002|pages=309–336|publisher=Oxford Univ ...

...[[set theory]] on the identification of sets with [[Property (philosophy)|properties]] or [[Predicate (mathematical logic)|predicates]] were flawed.<ref name=": ...] or [[infinite regress]].<ref name=":0" /> When this recursion creates a metaphysical impossibility through contradiction, the regress or circularity is [[Infini ...

...ontext for his literary self. In that way, the philosopher Derrida escapes metaphysical accounts of his work. Since the work ostensibly contains no metaphysics, De ...t they are false (when not simply meaningless). There is a real world; its properties are not merely social constructions; facts and evidence do matter. What san ...

Metaphysical scientists of the early 1700s strongly objected to the unexplained action-a ...echanical model of these lines in terms of a medium. Nevertheless the many properties of these lines of force imply these "lines must not be regarded as mere mat ...

...determined by [[natural law]]s. In other words, he sought a [[Metaphysics|metaphysical]] foundation or a [[Mechanics|mechanical]] explanation for his theories abo ...were confined to the surface of an imaginary large sphere with particular properties, known as a [[sphere-world]]. In this world, the temperature is taken to va ...

...s embody both hidden assumptions and elements that Kuhn describes as quasi-metaphysical.<ref>Kuhn, T S (1970) ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.'' (2nd Edi ...ntury) led to a theory of atomic structure that accounts well for the bulk properties of matter; see, for example, Brady's ''General Chemistry''.<ref>Brady, J E ...

...one or a higher number; odd or even.</ref> Distinct combinations of these properties are common to all perceived things.<ref>These "common sensibles" or {{trans ...ersial, Berkeley famously wrote that enlightenment requires a "revolt from metaphysical notions to the plain dictates of nature and common sense".<ref>{{citation|t ...

...ts of coherence theory are claimed to describe the essential and intrinsic properties of [[formal system]]s in logic and mathematics.<ref>[[Encyclopedia of Philo ...it ''does'' appear that the concept of truth has peculiar and interesting properties. (See, e.g., [[Semantic paradox]]es, and below.) ...

...the most important of these changes involved a change in the [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] understanding of human beings. Scientists and philosophers began to quest ...{{lang|de|[[wikt:Vernunft|Vernunft]]}}) could be used to find solutions to metaphysical problems, especially the discovery of the foundations of morality. Kant cla ...

...national System of Measurements bases its unit of time, the second, on the properties of [[caesium]] atoms. [[International System of Units|SI]] defines the seco ...latter, literally "the right or opportune moment", relates specifically to metaphysical or Divine time. In theology, Kairos is qualitative, as opposed to quantitat ...

...ok |last1=Maudlin |first1=Tim |title=Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity : Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics |date=2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn ...of correlations <math>Q^1\supset Q^2\supset Q^3\supset...</math> with the properties: ...

...hysics aims to characterize the things in themselves, he concludes that no metaphysical knowledge is possible, like knowing whether [[Kant's antinomies#The first a ...possible to know the exact magnitudes of certain certain pairs of physical properties, like the position and [[momentum]] of a particle, at the same time.<ref>{{ ...

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