Thesaurus: metaphysics

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1. n. The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles.
2. n. Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology.
3. n. the philosophical study of being and knowing
4. n:100 n. the philosophical study of being and knowing