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'''Metaphysics''' is a branch of philosophy which deals with the ultimate, essential nature of reality; the investigation and interpretation of the most fundamental, general, and lasting of all questions. | |||
When it is said that one has arrived at a 'metaphysical premise' then it is being implied that one has discerned the nature of reality itself, which is not necessarily correct or accurate. | When it is said that one has arrived at a 'metaphysical premise' then it is being implied that one has discerned the nature of reality itself, which is not necessarily correct or accurate. | ||
In "vulgar materialism"<ref>https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1914/granat/ch02.htm</ref>, or "mechanical materialism" as Marx calls it, th | |||
In Marxism-Leninism, the term "metaphysics" refers to the worldview of isolated, cyclical, immutable phenomena, an "accidental conglomeration" of things which randomly came to compose reality.<ref>https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1938/09.htm</ref> Thus, in this sense, the term "metaphysics" is used to denote any method of non-dialectical (dogmatic, idealistic, one-sided) thought. | |||
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Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy which deals with the ultimate, essential nature of reality; the investigation and interpretation of the most fundamental, general, and lasting of all questions.
When it is said that one has arrived at a 'metaphysical premise' then it is being implied that one has discerned the nature of reality itself, which is not necessarily correct or accurate.
In "vulgar materialism"[1], or "mechanical materialism" as Marx calls it, th
In Marxism-Leninism, the term "metaphysics" refers to the worldview of isolated, cyclical, immutable phenomena, an "accidental conglomeration" of things which randomly came to compose reality.[2] Thus, in this sense, the term "metaphysics" is used to denote any method of non-dialectical (dogmatic, idealistic, one-sided) thought.