Comments below:
> [Ham, to Joe on 7/16]:
> > Metaphysics, as you surely know, is the study of
> > reality beyond the physical world.
> [SA to Ham on 7/17]:
> > "beyond" The always ? I have with Ham's usage
> > and definition.
[Ham]
> By "beyond" I mean, "over and above",
"transcending", "not limited
> by" the physical.
I like "not limited by" due to the co-existence
factor this implies. The "over and above" doesn't
make sense, to me, due to my direct experience
inclinations.
[Ham quotes from Webster's Unabridged]
> "The notion that metaphysics is concerned with that
> which transcends
> experience led to the positivistic denial of the
> possibility of metaphysical
> knowledge, while the critical spirit and logical
> point of view of Kant
> cuased metaphysics to be identified with the logic
> by Hegel. Schopenhauer
> and later writers have insisted that metaphysics is
> concerned with analysis
> of experience in the broad sense, and this empirical
> view is largely held by modern writers."
[Ham states]
> Does this help to reconcile "the always ?" you have
with Ham's usage?
Not really. People disagree on what metaphysics
is, that's what I get from this quote above. So, you
have your way of defining not only what metaphysics
is, but due to this inclination your metaphysics is
lodged into a certain direction that by your
inclination your outcome could only be such an
outcome: your thesis. I see your thesis as the only
possible outcome to your definition of metaphysics,
which includes how metaphysics is to be used, thus,
for what purposes. This goes for me. My defining of
what metaphysics is, leads to the only possible
outcome for how I will view and explain.
woods,
SA
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