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.