metaphysics

As nouns the difference between metaphysics and teleology

is that metaphysics is the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens) while teleology is the study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.

As nouns the difference between metallurgy and metaphysics

is that metallurgy is the science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working while metaphysics is (philosophy|uncountable) the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens ).

As nouns the difference between metaphysics and phenomenology

is that metaphysics is (philosophy|uncountable) the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens ) while phenomenology is (philosophy) a philosophy based on the intuitive experience of phenomena, and on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as consciously perceived by conscious beings.

As nouns the difference between metaphysics and astrophysics

is that metaphysics is the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens) while astrophysics is the branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.

In uncountable terms the difference between metaphysics and transcendence

is that metaphysics is displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject while transcendence is the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity.

In countable terms the difference between metaphysics and transcendence

is that metaphysics is plural of countable senses of metaphysic while transcendence is the act of surpassing usual limits.

As nouns the difference between metaphysics and transcendence

is that metaphysics is the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens) while transcendence is the act of surpassing usual limits.

As a noun metaphysics

is the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens).

As an adjective conceptual is

of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination.

As nouns the difference between metaphysics and ideology

is that metaphysics is (philosophy|uncountable) the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens ) while ideology is doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.

As nouns the difference between metaphysics and interpretivism

is that metaphysics is the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens) while interpretivism is antipositivism.

As nouns the difference between metaphysics and mathematics

is that metaphysics is the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens) while mathematics is an abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts.

As nouns the difference between metaphysics and magick

is that metaphysics is (philosophy|uncountable) the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens ) while magick is .